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Poetry
THE GHOST OF FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY
by Tatiana Rebecca Shrayer, age 13
Walking up stairs where Dostoevsky walked before,
Looking through doors where he looked before,
Sitting in chairs where he sat before,
Mourning his young son Aleksey.
Ringing doorbells Dostoevsky rang before,
Looking at pages he wrote before,
Shadows of him filling the air,
As a white night falls on the Baltic shore.