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      October 27, 2016HotelReview.com – Stay Where You Are, Which Is Here!T.J. Peters

      Photograph: “They All Slept Here” by Ilenia Pezzaniti. “HotelReview.com – Stay Where You Are, Which Is Here!” was written by T.J. Peters for Rattle’s Ekphrastic Challenge, September 2016, and selected as the Editor’s Choice winner.

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      [Insert image – “They All Slept Here”]
       
      there is levity in the
      upside down
      even a dwelling so
      mercilessly unfit for stay
      the television
      wears the sheets
      the painting
      hangs on seat
      the queen
      split by twins
      the wire
      purpose unclear
      and yet hanging
      on so few threads
      we attempt upgrades
      at least seeking
      solace in the we are
      here not for wanting
      but for the where we are
      so hell
      it’s a damn fine headboard

      from Ekphrastic Challenge

      Comment from the editor, Timothy Green

      “Poetry should kick off its shoes and relax, at least some of the time. T.J. Peters managed to make a bleak scene fun, both with a clever format and the redemption in the last line. It made my day when I read it.”

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