Prompt: Parlor
a parlor is a room
a room where the furniture is nice
the wall paper is unsmudged
the ceiling without finger prints
and the floor is polished and unscuffed
a room that yells look, but don't touch.
relax, but don't make yourself comfortable.
and if , by chance, a door leading further is left open a crack
you quickly close it
before your guest can get a good look at what lies beyond.
before they can see what your home is really like
a parlor is like a paper, an essay, a conversation or an opinion,
kept clean and neat, separate from the rest of your mind
revealing only a ghost or shadow of your thoughts
a poem is a door left open, and a guest allowed to stand and look,
a door closed,
closed, but not slammed
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