{"id":1716,"date":"2021-07-17T14:14:49","date_gmt":"2021-07-17T18:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/welter\/?page_id=1716"},"modified":"2021-12-01T16:15:08","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T20:15:08","slug":"vacancy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/welter\/poetry-archive\/vacancy\/","title":{"rendered":"Vacancy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Vacancy<\/strong><\/div>\n
Tak Erzinger<\/div>\n

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Betrayed in a borrowed house<\/div>\n
she said, \u201cI\u2019ve lost my mind.\u201d<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

She drifts into song<\/div>\n
lyrics echo from childhood<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

she holds still, in a room, calling<\/div>\n
for sisters long gone<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

nameless strangers, children, visit<\/div>\n
sometimes taking her hand<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

there\u2019s a hole in her memory<\/div>\n
and a void in her eyes.<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

She wants someone to take her home<\/div>\n
but her memory is unforgiving.<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

Youth arrives, an attendant, bringing<\/div>\n
sunshine, fresh cut grass and summer<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

first love returns in a dream, not the<\/div>\n
young man who pushes her through the garden<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

and her nurse hums, \u201cSail away ladies\u201d<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

as her life blurs<\/div>\n
against the window pain.<\/div>\n


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TAK Erzinger<\/strong> is an American\/Swiss poet and artist with a Colombian background. She lived many years in Fells Point. Her forthcoming book \u201cAt the Foot of the Mountain\u201d is being published by Floricanto Press, California. Follow her on Instagram: takerzinger and Twitter: Erztak.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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