My Living Room

It is full

of coloured clowns:

puppets on swings.

They hang from

ceilings and sills,

perch on ledges.

Some visitors shudder,

but to me

they are gorgeous.

And more colour –

paintings and photos

on every wall.

I arrange them

by matching tonings

rather than styles.

(Mine, you see,

are eclectic tastes.

I have fun.)

And the ornaments –

elephants and angels,

crystals and shells.

There are vases

and bottles full 

of gathered feathers.

There are offerings

for the faeries 

(the nature spirits).

On the bookshelf

sits a cat:

of plaster, black.

By the door

a live cat

rests, also black.

This living room

is of course

a witch’s lair.

Written for dVerse Poetics – Room With or Without a View.  
(In this case the room IS the view.)

P.S. Colleen asks, in the comments, 'What, no brooms?' Of course there are brooms, one at each outside door:

Photos © Rosemary Nissen-Wade 2016. These photos are mine and should not be copied or used in any way without permission.