A LOST PIECE OF LITERARY HISTORY

One half the dreams of the poet Anna A------
Took place in the house she lived in
When she was nine. Rooms moved about;

Walls found themselves covered

With the bright red wallpaper she'd discovered
Nine layers down during a long night
Spent at an inn in Simbirsk. While she wrote
Her book on Aleksandr P----, he lived in the attic
Except for the years he'd been in exile
Which he spent in her garden shed.