IN THE BEDROOM COMMUNITY

cold and crisp, the neighbor 

dog's barking for no reason

bronchitis making the day's

first cigaret go down hard

today's espresso, not

a god shot but entirely satisfactory

some of the family golden-years

elders are improving, some

shut in, no visitors 

until further notice

facebook bristles with the usual

political squabbles and excellent food pics

my relatives all have

employment except maybe for

one--my great-uncles were career 

housemen, at great-grandma's

boarding house, didn't work 

for wages even during the greatest generation war

the great war disabled some permanently

even with the brilliant bannered welcomes

even with total victory, the bomb, beaten 

wives and small children, total silence, victory

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