Sunday, July 20, 2003

Garden Apartment (a poem) Garden Apartment the men in my neighborhood come to their doors at 4 a m Sunday from Saturday appointments a hard bang through heavy glass lobby door up or down one half flight to stand (unsteadily) before the entrance a dull ring resounds from linoleum floor - telling of a single brass key fallen a scrape (brushing fingers) regains the allowance fits key with muttered annoyance spanish fading into occluding distance steel sound echoes as, hollow metal door shuts on hallway then ends 10:52:43 PM    comment [];trackback [];

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