Plaster Walls

Bleached, flimsy plaster makes four corners
Dotted with a certificate and paintings:
Pictures from Nepal, Tibet, and Thailand

They pepper the muted eggshell surfaces:
Dots of color amongst a blank canvas

I hear storms, shrieks, and screaming throughout them

A hurricane can come whirling into these
Lifeless boundaries and give protection

But this empty plaster is nothing but
An aimless echo chamber from inside

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