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Poet's CornerA Month Later
THE “FOR SALE SIGN” remains at 1414 Kalorama Road. The home, empty of life and ghost, appears eerier than ever. With a need to confirm Patrice is free, and to release a harrowing past, I drive toward the vacant home, a place that imprisoned my memory too long, study the façade, windows, and yard, searching for signs of Patrice. Though authorities exhumed her body from the garden, her spirit could still be on the premises, trapped eternally. However, the moment our connection snapped, and she released me from the coma, I sensed she'd gone for good. The strange aura vanished when Ryan drove a shovel through her footprint, confirming the anxiety attacks were Patrice's unearthly doings not intrinsic.
Ghostly doings…
The front door opens slowly. My breath catch
