ruined mansion
the gate still stands
but not the fence
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Alexander B. Joy
Alexander B. Joy holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He currently resides in North Carolina against his will, but hopes to return to his native New England sooner than later.
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Lovely. The gate stands guard, to keep entrants out. But, but the mansion is in ruins and the fence is down, so people can enter anyway. Mansion as a metaphor for human life?
Lovely. The gate stands guard, to keep entrants out. But, but the mansion is in ruins and the fence is down, so people can enter anyway. Mansion as a metaphor for human life?
demolition site
the squatters move
in and out
Nice springboard!
Exteriors have been demolished,
the interiors have vanished
all that's left are memories.
abandoned house
the light stops at the window