Don’t be afraid, I’m only walls
and windows and foundations.
You can touch them. Me.
I’m not made of gingerbread

-from "The house at the top of the hill" by Eva Papasoulioti (@epapasoulioti.bsky.social), in #Penumbric's Oct issue at https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/papasouliotiHouse.html

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