Spiraling up a staircase
to guest bedchambers
inside the split-leveled
dwelling, the tabby
walls secrete hiding
spaces inside clamshells
and hidden handholds
rendered in conchs.
Timberlake strategically
placed full-sized shells
into the crusty shell and
masonry tabby finish.
“The more you look
at it,” the homeowner
says, “the more you find
different kinds of shells.
He was obviously a big
shell collector.”
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