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'After the packing and the leavetaking
The rooms were hollow cartons.
The gecko listened stilly-- An old custom -- for the heartbeat
Of the family clock.
After the springcleanings
Now the drawing of curtains.
I thought of the years between
These grey walls, these walls
Which are more than tympanic.' -- from Manohar Shetty's Moving Out.
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