{"id":696,"date":"2020-04-29T23:59:21","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T23:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imaginedtheatres.com\/?post_type=theatre&p=696"},"modified":"2020-05-14T14:45:43","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T14:45:43","slug":"shelter","status":"publish","type":"theatre","link":"https:\/\/www.imaginedtheatres.com\/shelter\/","title":{"rendered":"Shelter"},"content":{"rendered":"
When you leave you leave the windows open and the doors\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and because the house sits by the sea\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 by first light a film of sand gilds the floorboards and the kitchen chairs<\/div>\n

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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 in the upholstery the mites unconcernedly devour and shit<\/div>\n
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and a moth turns fluttering in a pillar of light in the stairwell<\/p>\n

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sand eddies in over days\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and weeks\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 rounding\u00a0 blurring<\/div>\n
mirrors cloud and tarnish in the bathroom and the hall\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and a spider skitters over last year\u2019s news in the kindling box<\/div>\n
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on a summer night with a full-moon tide the weeping crack in the sea wall goes and the water comes in six inches deep\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 scalloping the sand in the kitchen into a shallow bowl from the dishwasher to the ironing board<\/div>\n
a hermit crab tugs determinedly on a sprig of dandelion snagged<\/div>\n
on a hinge\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 his claws cause minor avalanches<\/div>\n

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pipes freeze and thaw\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ghosts in the walls<\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 mold then moss in the upstairs closets<\/div>\n
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the biting edge of a hurricane peels back the roof and the light comes in\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 the shell of your house weathers like the ribcage of a whale<\/p>\n

it smells of dirt and salt in the bathtub drain<\/div>\n
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swifts roost in the shattered chimney\u00a0\u00a0 and the scarified pits left by raccoons in their latrine beside the bookcase\u00a0\u00a0 crack open and unfurl\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 roots blind down and sideways\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 a pale tendril reaching up<\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and\u00a0\u00a0 in four springs\u00a0\u00a0 it\u2019s wreathed in white\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and a branch holds out a bruise-blue plum through the window like a lantern<\/div>\n

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in the wavering shade of the screen porch an elfin-faced fox lays down to die \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and when she does<\/div>\n
her belly blooms black with maggots and flies\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 a crow nuzzles her snout with his sharp dark beak<\/div>\n
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the wind keens through the rafters\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 the steady heart-sound of the sea<\/div>\n
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and you return\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 years older now and gray\u00a0 \u00a0and stand in what was once the doorway<\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 holding\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 absurdly\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 a broom.<\/div>\n
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