a life of one's own

the new apartment is comfortable; good light

from the east,– is spacious, and the working

set-up is perfectly utilitarian.

It’s a complex of 9 stories holding 100 apartments.

this is the farthest reach in the northern territory of the city

setting it apart from the dense population toward the south.

as for industry, I enjoy the big rigs in their late afternoon departures;

it's like watching the gang of older kids in '51,

straddling their heavy American bikes to discover

the unknown before I became the same as each of them.

there is a river running southward and it's clearly seen

further northward, cutting eastward toward its beginning.

–– sundown, and continuing a life of one's own.