The Closet

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=168 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="040a11c3.gif"> <div> <IMG SRC="08f90e00.gif" border=0 width="144" height="224" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#99CC00" FACE="Lucida Handwriting" ><B>Ramblings</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFCC99" FACE="Arial" >     </FONT>|   <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ramblings"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mirror Image"><U>Mirror Image</U></A>   |   <B>The Closet</B>   |   <A HREF="id27.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Musings of a PseudoBlind"><U>Musings of a Pseudo-Blind</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id33.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Elusive One"><U>The Elusive One</U></A></div> <div> <IMG SRC="03ff4010.gif" border=0 width="500" height="1" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The Closet</div> <div> Dark and deep is my closet.</div> <div> I plan to take away my sentimental cobwebs.</div> <div> Instead an outline of a man's face in smoke</div> <div> stared back at me.</div> <bR> <div> The look did not intend to haunt.</div> <div> His eyes looked caring, surprisingly.</div> <div> His soul spoke no syllables or smiled.</div> <div> He left a scent that consumed me.</div> <bR> <div> I could not scream. I just did not move.</div> <div> I just looked. I remained still.</div> <div> A second briefly passed.</div> <div> I banged the closet door, leaving the</div> <div> spiders to weave their intricate snares,</div> <div> unceasingly.</div> </td> </tr></table></body>