Dreamtime 01.07.2013
I went down into the basement
to get away from the rest of the party
I was never one for these kinds of events
I tromped down the wooden stairs
And in the dark of the basement
I saw a shadow moving
It was easy to catch sight of the bundle set down on the floor
it seemed to be set in the only beaming bit of light that came into the room.
He ducked into a side room
I walked around the pack, watching it as I moved around it
I approached him, saying “I hadn’t known you would be here.”
He was sitting on a chair in an otherwise empty room
“I heard you refused the invitation.” I continued
He sat with his hands folded together. He didn't look up to speak “I had planned- there's some business to attend to.”
and I instantly realized
He had come to be returning the dowry
that my father had offered him in addition to my hand for life.
to get away from the rest of the party
I was never one for these kinds of events
I tromped down the wooden stairs
And in the dark of the basement
I saw a shadow moving
It was easy to catch sight of the bundle set down on the floor
it seemed to be set in the only beaming bit of light that came into the room.
He ducked into a side room
I walked around the pack, watching it as I moved around it
I approached him, saying “I hadn’t known you would be here.”
He was sitting on a chair in an otherwise empty room
“I heard you refused the invitation.” I continued
He sat with his hands folded together. He didn't look up to speak “I had planned- there's some business to attend to.”
and I instantly realized
He had come to be returning the dowry
that my father had offered him in addition to my hand for life.