novembre ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- dirge we always said hello in the hall, and i didn't learn her name until a few months ago when i finally admitted i had forgotten it the first time we met. we'd sit on the stairs, our knees drawn up to our chests. and here at the end where there is no room for neighborly routine past amicable waves we finally see how the other half lives. their apartment is void of ikea or target; i notice this as i walk through the foyer, turning my body at an angle against the giant blocks of plywood covered in acrylic paint. directly in front of the foyer, through the guise of a little hallway: the long rectangular kitchen. propped up against its entire back wall is a canvas he continuously coats crimson. so that was why his hand was red when he waved me in. she leads me to their bedroom and introduces me to the stuffed animals she's made out of old sweaters. i get lost in the ferns and white cowboy boots. befriending joe the female cat i ask her where she is going with that gun in her hand but i'm not sure she understands the reference. and the living room with its geometric windows forming triangles. half diamonds. a diamond cut in half and propped up on its side. records lining all empty space across from the sofa bed, the chair that she re-upholstered with bird printed fabric. she opens the door to the little hallway's closet and i peer into a small room with a very high ceiling; the steep rectangular area is filled with fabric swatches, broken furniture and gleaming knitting needles. joe bangs against our ankles. they are thinking of taking nk's and my apartment when we move out at the end of may. my room would become his studio; our living room sectioned into her sewing room; nk's bedroom swallowed whole by that california king size bed i sat on exactly once and immediately declared that it was a small boat. a raft. a sizable raft. a barge. 12:26 am - 04.07.05 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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