old court house, Macao
a ballroom for dust
never floats or dances
in the pillars light casts
only cobwebs dangle
silk drapes in still air
a cover for shadows
chandeliers hang lifeless
decades unlit
only rust can touch
floorboards creak
with creeping breezes
phantom steps
ghosts only come
for their last breaths
before the vanishing
no wake or requiem
nothing to utter memory
in a city that never sleeps
a ballroom for dust
never floats or dances
in the pillars light casts
only cobwebs dangle
silk drapes in still air
a cover for shadows
chandeliers hang lifeless
decades unlit
only rust can touch
floorboards creak
with creeping breezes
phantom steps
ghosts only come
for their last breaths
before the vanishing
no wake or requiem
nothing to utter memory
in a city that never sleeps
Evokes the faded building so well.
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