18 ½ bridge square
apt #1 northfield MN.
up dark steep stairs
next to the art gallery
and above the bank
(that jesse james robbed,
years and years ago).
it was convenient,
just down the street
from the coffeehouse
and the college.
the bathroom wall was painted black,
faucets dripped,
no window in the kitchen
so dark I hung a clip-on work light
when I cooked, steam rose
and moisture slid down the walls
and the plastic on the windows
keeping the heat in or the cold out?
not much warmth on either side
those long winters.
thursday was trash day
but only then, no dumpster or anything
so it piled in the entry,
the smell of coffeegrounds
and rotting fish.
bats in the hallway
cat crawled through the walls,
i would return her to my neighbor.
i hung jars with candles in the window
overlooking the square
flowers, benches, a popcorn stand
in the summer but it had wierd hours.
kids hung there on a nice day,
and late into the night
i could hear their conversations
girls with strollers, guys with drugs
police busted them a few times
never bothered us, though.
looking out, you could see
the river from there
the sound of water splashing
over the old dam
ducks, train song in the distance
still miss it some days,
it was a nice apartment.
16 Apr · Sat 2005
1st apartment
18 ½ bridge square
apt #1 northfield MN.
up dark steep stairs
next to the art gallery
and above the bank
(that jesse james robbed,
years and years ago).
it was convenient,
just down the street
from the coffeehouse
and the college.
the bathroom wall was painted black,
faucets dripped,
no window in the kitchen
so dark I hung a clip-on work light
when I cooked, steam rose
and moisture slid down the walls
and the plastic on the windows
keeping the heat in or the cold out?
not much warmth on either side
those long winters.
thursday was trash day
but only then, no dumpster or anything
so it piled in the entry,
the smell of coffeegrounds
and rotting fish.
bats in the hallway
cat crawled through the walls,
i would return her to my neighbor.
i hung jars with candles in the window
overlooking the square
flowers, benches, a popcorn stand
in the summer but it had wierd hours.
kids hung there on a nice day,
and late into the night
i could hear their conversations
girls with strollers, guys with drugs
police busted them a few times
never bothered us, though.
looking out, you could see
the river from there
the sound of water splashing
over the old dam
ducks, train song in the distance
still miss it some days,
it was a nice apartment.
18 ½ bridge square
apt #1 northfield MN.
up dark steep stairs
next to the art gallery
and above the bank
(that jesse james robbed,
years and years ago).
it was convenient,
just down the street
from the coffeehouse
and the college.
the bathroom wall was painted black,
faucets dripped,
no window in the kitchen
so dark I hung a clip-on work light
when I cooked, steam rose
and moisture slid down the walls
and the plastic on the windows
keeping the heat in or the cold out?
not much warmth on either side
those long winters.
thursday was trash day
but only then, no dumpster or anything
so it piled in the entry,
the smell of coffeegrounds
and rotting fish.
bats in the hallway
cat crawled through the walls,
i would return her to my neighbor.
i hung jars with candles in the window
overlooking the square
flowers, benches, a popcorn stand
in the summer but it had wierd hours.
kids hung there on a nice day,
and late into the night
i could hear their conversations
girls with strollers, guys with drugs
police busted them a few times
never bothered us, though.
looking out, you could see
the river from there
the sound of water splashing
over the old dam
ducks, train song in the distance
still miss it some days,
it was a nice apartment.
