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worlds apart

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she lives in the house
on the end of the street
the one with the paved driveway
and green awning frame
taking its place amongst
the other houses of the same ilk

the one with the smashed windows
covered with newspaper
and rusty keyhole inset into the door
like a moth on a calico curtain

surrounded by fruit trees

bushy and ripening with pomegranates
lemons and oranges, overhanging cement
paths with flouro lines marking places to repair

 
surrounded by rubbish and debris
plastic containers and old shoes
from neighbours, tossed away with disregard
taking their place in the pile

worlds apart
but the same heart

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