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This Little Brown House

January 5, 2023
By kalik BRONZE, Bloomington, Indiana
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This little brown house

1, 2, 3, 4 bedrooms

And two bathrooms

Was once a home


This little brown house 

With green shutters on the windows

And an upstairs balcony

A place I once called home


This little brown house

Is now is a memory of horror

Things went so wrong 

Things never went right


This little brown house

Has happy memories

That were just a cover up

For what really happened


This little brown house

Unknown events inside the walls

Innocent children 

Naive about the situations

Not knowing it’s wrong


This little brown house

1, 2, 3, 4 bedrooms

And two bathrooms

Was once a home


-Kali

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