a city reader

IT’S SOMETIMES TOO WARM IN HERE

Civilization must come

from the walls

we made against 

the wind and the animals.

It’s been cozy in my apartment 

since I got up.

I can see outside through a window 

in a wall

in each room.

I open both windows twice

each day to

let fresh air blow

in

and push out what’s stale on 

this side of the wall. 

I want to photograph 

the snow.

I’ll go outside to do that.