![4845669-painting-wallpaper.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmbw3swdz3UC6mscFAUqp8kqkuLfz3tMByCHPQ2vqF9KWR/4845669-painting-wallpaper.jpg) Dear All, This poestry is my 31st submission. Thank you. ![filigree.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmbjcvjvWVsHtuJaajsk3JGzyCsXtQFfmHYV8v1HKj9nTu/filigree.png)

EXORCISE HER CALAMITY

by Ikhwanul Halim

![3999713-painting-wallpaper.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmRB1GP9EYFhL83aWzqGeJr5FRpE1byB64Cviih23N8ZAe/3999713-painting-wallpaper.jpg) *it was a strange day at the ancient city. all the doors are closed bloody redness dirt roads. there was something amiss, still living the afterlife of an ancient glory* *it’s pouring outside and she’s inside wishing. a parch of linoleum mark off the living room. places she once lived in existed only among wanderers. how hollow, how ghostly* *closer to a flagellant’s pleasure at being scourged, no lines of demarcation to protect reckless girls from the danger. the danger of romance, and the danger of curiousity* *the whole idea of redemption in delirious exultation for a diminutive woman. when she spoke in tongues, in tongues translated into sounds, in the language of laughter, of spastic blurts or frenzy* *they all shouted of gospel preaching at the ancient city* ![4875302-painting-wallpaper.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmbYW2Lm6TGACxqMSbvqBfeiALU5KAxH1B6gBnpzo8dd4S/4875302-painting-wallpaper.jpg) ***Bandung, April 7, 2018*** >This is my 31st submission for [100 Day Poetry Challenge]( https://steemit.com/steemitschool/@d-pend/announcing-the-steemit-school-poetry-100-day-challenge) conceived by Daniel Pendergraft [@d-pend]( https://steemit.com/@d-pend). I am a beginner in English poetry. > > If you want to participate, please do not hesitate to join [Steemit School discord]( https://discordapp.com/invite/hyfYQ9P). > >Big thank @d-pend for giving me this chance to participate in this event. [Images source](http://www.qygjxz.com/painting-wallpaper.html)