January 2006


There are high school kids visiting and in groups of three they are overexcited and racing or attempting to race up to the fourth floor, where there’s nothing save three fancy apartments for visiting dignitaries, etc. I don’t even know how they get up there but when they come bursting, yes BURSTING back down is that a word from the typically unused door in the third floor hallway I am acting like nothing so much as a hall monitor! Also there are doors slamming repeatedly. The retrofitted building sways or responds. But I am a combination hall monitor or I have the feelings of halls, doorways and walls being slammed with a hand or a stapler and jumping in surprise, the building doesn’t know it’s retrofitted.

A Call. A Preview. A Future Farewell.

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