Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Last day in the old apartment

On our last day
      in the old apartment
the word fragile was everywhere,
                        as though it was warning us
that to stay too long was futile.
            Besides we were done with it;
the cracked brown floor
      the water pipes
            the echoes cheered us on.
Last years memories
            a heap of dust
someone else's stuff.
                              And we took it all to heart
                                    and moved on.


--Jeremiah Griswold

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