by Elisa Knecht<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A little girl standing on a brownish wooden porch, <\/p>\n\n\n\n A father, a mother, their daughter, her sister A little girl standing on a brownish wooden porch,
A \u201cWelcome home\u201d doormat on it, lying still, homely,\u00a0
mockingly. She just got back from school, a fading smile
on her face, her curly hair in a bun, pink shoes, wool white gloves on each hand.
Last night\u2019s shouts are screaming in her head,
They are black grey and red,
She tries to control them by singing a song she heard,
A few days ago at recess;
Rainbows are visions<\/em>
But only illusions<\/em>
And rainbows have nothing to hide<\/em>
And it is working but soon
he passes by her, trips on the scratchy carpet, leaving it folded
on one side. He does not say goodbye, not a kiss on her cheeks and\u00a0
she remembers this big black bag and its bumpy wheels
that he dragged to car. The sound of it won\u2019t leave her head, her mother\u2019s embrace\u00a0
and her friend\u2019s can\u2019t cure it all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Weren\u2019t they supposed to all live together?<\/em>
The little girl wants to ask and to know,
Daddy, where will you go?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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\nmockingly. She just got back from school, a fading smile
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