Silence

[Gerry]

Creak of the heavy double doors broke the silence
I peered into the dark shadowy room hidden there
Reflection from mahogany table surrounded by chairs
Cloaked in dust glass domes covering strange shapes
Eyes adjust to half light leaking in from high windows
Birds long dead trapped under domes of doom
Creamy eggs as big as heads stolen from distant lands
Flaking scales on the King Cobra give away it's age
Posed mongoose pretending to fight with glass eyes
Shelf upon shelf climbing ever higher and higher
Well worn wooden ladders fixed to rolling rails
Jade green cast spiral staircase closed by a rope
Red rope, thick and twisted capped by brass nobs
Musky dusty smell, sweet and scented strange
Memory of my only visit to the senior library
Silence

By Gerry Temple
copyright January 2009

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[pablo42]

Nice one Gerry.