Three Things

I've checked in and now I can't check out

it seems

I guess my life is in transition

from one kind of a life

to another

from one kind of a life

to another

I find myself living in Heartbreak Efficiencies

at the corner of Governor & West 114th St.

six units and no doorbells

but what do I need a doorbell for?

All of the men and their women

in the neighborhood

choose to shout at each other in the streets

every Saturday night

early Sunday!

early Sunday!

early Sunday!

I tuned them in

Now I can't tune them out

I checked in and now I...

The man in #2 hanged himself last month

I think I know why he chose the laundry room

but I wonder what became of his two little girls

and who it was that came to take them away

I checked in and now I...

I checked in and now I can't check out

it seems

I guess my life is in transition

from what kind of a life

to what other?

from one kind of a life

to another