Nightfall's Nest: Basement

One need not be a chamber- to be haunted-
One need not be a house-
The brain has corridors- surpassing
Material place-
Far safer, of a midnight meeting
External ghost
Then its interior confronting-
That cooler host.
Far safer, through an abbey gallop,
The stones a'chase-
Then unarmed one's a'self encounter-
In lonesome place.
Ourself behind ourself, concealed-
Should startle most-
Assassin hid in our apartment
Be horror's least.
The body- borrows a revolver-
He bolts the door-
O'erlooking a superior spectre-
Or more--
--emily dickinson, 670

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