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Printed from https://writing.com/main/books/entry_id/946287-welcome-home
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by Rhyssa Author IconMail Icon
Rated: 18+ · Book · Contest Entry · #2081410
my entries for the Construct Cup
#946287 added November 25, 2018 at 7:11pm
Restrictions: None
welcome home
some people string lights
until their houses glitter
red and green and blue
and purple and gold and white
and their lawns erupt with
blow up Santas and nativities
and animatronic reindeer crashing
into their roofs with a humorous
kick of their hooves, and lightshows
that blink in time with radio stations
and wreaths centered in every
window and door and I pass them
on the street and gasp and stare.
there is a house in town that I’ve
appointed unofficial winner,
whose house is as adorned as a parcel and
as shining as a gingerbread castle,
and everywhere I go, I find an excuse
to pass that house so I can awe,
before returning to my simple dwelling,
where two strings of icicles
welcome me from where they yawn
over the upstairs windows
giving my home a sleepy grandeur—
eyelashes drifting shut.

word count: 143

Prompt 3

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