"Clearing the House"

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They drank whiskey in the fifties
at canasta, nuts in napkins,
cocktail platters placed on marble
splurged-on antique acquisitions,
e.g., Scottish clock with tin facade
of ancient etched-in sun and moon
on nearly flat horizon, housed
in trim American maple. They lived
as though the house was theirs,
although it antedated them
and emptied of remains, remains.

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