Base

"All they had were praises for you"I said.

"They always do"the landlordess declared.

" How's your grand daughter?"

" Oh, she's alright, but can't even move to drink water"

"Did they tell you about the house?"she inquired.

"Only that the telephone isn't wired"

"You won't need that, everyone has cells these days"

"We do. The network is pretty weak though, because of the army base."

"Yes. Basement. That's for me. You don't go there, getting me?"

"Will keep off the basement. Got it! It must be filled with your past's debris"

"It is. Oh, it is. Don't go there, okay?"

"Oh please, you just made it as clear as day"

Then she went away and I spend my first night there,

the old pipelines making noises, easily one could hear.

I tried to ignore them for a first few days,

But, can't be a coward. It's my fort, my place!

One day I got out of the shower and headed downstairs,

The first thing I saw down there were a couple of chairs.

Someone was trying to talk, but couldn't because of the muffled voice,

I tried to walk, running was not a choice.

I saw a girl down there, limbs tied up, asking me to run away with her eyes,

Then a shadow stood up beside her, and it said : "Not so wise".

It was the landlady and she had a camera in her hand,

"Take off your clothes and lose the face so bland"

"I'll take your pictures now while you fuck my granddaughter"

And now the deed was done, "But why would you do such a thing?"

"Now tell the next tenant of how nice I was, or these pictures go out and clip these wings"

I have left the house after a month now and I had a great time  there,

The tenant's so nice, so full of colour and do go to the basement if you like a midnight scare.