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Eminent Domain
You stood there in the empty room
with sadness on your face
a memory of years gone by
lay silent in its place
A house you'd built
with your own hands;
no longer yours to own
against your will, abandoning
this place you once called home
The old wood floors were splintered now
and flagstones on the hearth
seemed to whisper "take us too
don't leave us in the dark!"
A tired broom leaned wearily
against the fireplace
and wind that moaned so eerily
blew through without a trace
It rattled soft the dingy glass
within the windowpane
and seemed to call
"this house will fall to eminent domain"
with sadness on your face
a memory of years gone by
lay silent in its place
A house you'd built
with your own hands;
no longer yours to own
against your will, abandoning
this place you once called home
The old wood floors were splintered now
and flagstones on the hearth
seemed to whisper "take us too
don't leave us in the dark!"
A tired broom leaned wearily
against the fireplace
and wind that moaned so eerily
blew through without a trace
It rattled soft the dingy glass
within the windowpane
and seemed to call
"this house will fall to eminent domain"
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Eminent Domain
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