It's Still Life

A View From a Chair

A view from his chair,
distant mountains of driftwood hue.
Well-wishing cards on the dressing table,
and a white-bone pipe,
well used and still warm.
A flower. Red. In a vase.
The air scented gay
as a carousel horse.
A note on his pillow
reads stone-tile-cold.

 
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