I promised myself that during this week of vacation I'm not commenting on anything nor get involved in anything, but after reading this poem, I'm breaking the rule.
It's way too mysterious for me to solve though...
We see people coming back somewhere, they are bond by the events that took place here a long time ago.
pot of brown water on the dresser topis one of the mysteries although exactly this image helped me to guess that the place is abandoned (running water wasn't in use since long ago). Why I think that our heroes came back to this place and not just came there for the first time:
I will admit I changed the pillowcases in the cryptic bedroom though I don’t remember.probably he was too young to remember anything. The whole "pot of water on the dresser top" remains a mystery to me.
Something happened here long ago, this is in the form of the piece, the line breaks make the word "fact" stand out (first there is a gap before "the fact" then there is one right after it) something that compelled people to leave the house. All these line breaks make the poem feel like glimpses little bits of memory coming back. And the title, that is inside of the poem as well, makes it feel like even something not happening in reality. The year of 1905 is an important one in history, but I'm not sure it was intended.
This is my first impression, Lazarus. I don't know if you planned to explain anything hence there is no need for asking )
And I enjoyed hearing your read! Nothing can be better than the author's read!
Thank you - glad the reading worked for you :) A lot of the references in this one are quite personal so I wouldn't expect it to make itself crystal clear, although hopefully the general sense of people moving to and fro, both in life, and out of life, came across. I think you've hit on a lot of key themes - bonding, and feelings of abandonment - although I don't want to reveal too much haha. Appreciate your dedicated reads!