she slammed the door andwas gone.I looked at the closed doorand at the doorknoband strangelyI didn't feelalone.
the rent is a little higher herebut so far I've been able to pay itand that's a miracle toolike still maybe being sanewhile thinking of guns and sidewalksand old ladies in libraries.
The Roominghouse Madrigals: Early Selected Poems, 1946-1966
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the rent is a little higher herebut so far I've been able to pay itand that's a miracle toolike still maybe being sanewhile thinking of guns and sidewalksand old ladies in libraries.
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