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Down the Hall By Nathaniel Goldberg Copyright 2000 Nathaniel Goldberg

A poem about a woman crying out in the night.

Down the Hall She cries out in the night, an unrelenting dirge for no apparent reason except disorientation. She's just down the hall. I've never seen her but can imagine what she looks like. A frail woman with powerful vocal cords... She could be someone's mother or a widow, but chances are she's just alone.