Poetry | November 08, 2019
Poetry: Luisa Muradyan
Luisa Muradyan
My Favorite YouTube Channel
think Beetlejuice without Michael Keaton
but with one hundred Geena Davises
dressed in floral nightgowns
think absolute freedom
standing in a house
of haunted women
listen to the music
furniture moving
without explanation
in this video
you can clearly see
the outline of a face
in the fireplace
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