4400 Deer View Road, Downstairs, To the Right

It wasn't exactly supposed to be a bedroom

I mean, it was probably intended to be more like

a small toyroom

a storage room

or a sitting room.

That's not to say I was mistreated

although I never understood why my twin sister

demanding her own room

meant me moving

down the hall

into the smaller room.

But after a while, I was glad I got the room

It had one big picture window

that looked out onto the yard.

Of course, the window did start at ground level

so the only thing I saw was the dirt underneath

the deck.

It had just enough room to squeeze in

one trundle bed

one bureau

and one nightstand.

It went through a lot of themes

jungle first

complete with a potted palm tree

and neon green, high-gloss walls.

Then dragons

I am not sure why that ever happened

it was a boy's bedspread

black dragons with Asian script.

After that was Hawaiian

bright blues and greens

with hibiscus flowers.

And then we moved

I miss that room.

I spent most of my formative years there

Well, junior high anyway.