a life of one's own

1.

the apartment is comfortable;

good light from the east, spacious,

and the working set-up is perfectly utilitarian.

It’s an apartment complex, and I only lost my way twice

during the beginning days of my residence;

trying to key 403 when I should have been keying 503.

2.

twilight beautiful, with loaded trailers

and their gleaming tractors revving-up

on their way to points west and south.

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 territories

before I became the same as each of them.

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