Baba Yaga
Suddenly I found myself by a lake
in front of a green doll house.
On further inspection I noticed the house stood
on chicken legs, like pillars above the lake.
So, here we are, I thought.
This is how we’ll play it tonight.
A woman opened the door and beckoned me in.
It was Svetlana, my Latin teacher.
I hadn't seen her in years.
I had always liked her, so
I walked in gladly.
Svetlana was dressed as a flapper,
very elegant, with long pearls
and a green dress made of rustling silk.
Not at all like a nerd who only cares
about history and extinct languages.
She served me green tea from green cups.
The inside of the house was also green.
Everything was pretty in this doll house.
We spoke about teaching and about life.
Then the chicken legs decided to walk.
We moved slowly, across the lake,
into the woods and further on
across that land
far, far away.
Delightfully eerie.
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