Toys in the attic
of the house of two mothers
And the ghosts of their daughters
making noise, a murmur and
the hollow laugh of the wind-up clown
when something falls in the dust
The toys have never been used
The kids never wanted to
play with Olivia
That's why she has been fantasizing
for thirty years, about blood and death
among the bushes in the park
Mother is powerless
Only she knows the secret
and no one is safe
Poem 2205 Amsterdam, 2019-04-14 Julia (Peter Straub) Book (film-adaption in 1977 as "Full Circle") Collection:Bruises Keyword:Spirit / Ghost(s) Tribute to:Straub, Peter