80 Years of Ghosts

from The Blanket Fort Demos (FAWM '21) by Chuck Parker

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wrote this one about the building my work office has been in for the last few years. It is old. Found out that it was basically being condemned and I had to relocate.

Gonna miss that place.

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unlit office, quiet space
sunlight through the dust is brightening
alone in history's embrace
for some, this would be frightening

The timbers groan, the floor is weak
there are places I know not to walk
a human lifetime, aged but not bleak
in leg'cy's midst, the walls, they talk

Eight decades of humanity have wandered through this room
a near century of countless lives, each adding to the mystery
So many lives and stories, so many memories to exhume
The many souls that wander here build an intoxicating tapestry

Eighty years' of ghosts inhabit
this place's old and storied stage
I know not names, but feel kinship
each creak and noise a soul upon the page

Among the sagging walls and floorboards
stalk voices of the storied past
spirits of heroes, rakes, and lovers
insist to being, their essence lasts

Eight decades of humanity have wandered through this room
a near century of countless lives, each adding to the mystery
So many lives and stories, so many memories to exhume
The many souls that wander here build an intoxicating tapestry

I learned today that history
is due to turn another page
Time's been hard on this poor building
Alas, it's too much to maintain

As I leave this place on final time
I look once more into this hall
the ghosts remain, forever drifting
Myself now part of the spirit's pall

Eight decades of humanity have wandered through this room
a near century of countless lives, each adding to the mystery
So many lives and stories, so many memories to exhume
The many souls that wander here build an intoxicating tapestry

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from The Blanket Fort Demos (FAWM '21), released March 5, 2021
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Chuck Parker Virginia

A performer for more than 35 years, Chuck has filled many musical roles: heavy metal guitarist, singer/songwriter, jazz sideman, open mic host, filk circle regular, and World’s Okayest Bassist™.

A regular on the con circuit, find him at open mics and backing up the Blibbering Humdingers! ... more

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