Oct 5, 2022
living in the same city for most of your life is like
oh there’s the graffiti covered walkway you saw a dead man face down,
here’s the corner store (it’s a 711 now) you’d walk your dog to as a 13yo,
there’s the old, creepy neighbor’s house who beckoned you into his garage when you were just a child,
here’s the highway entrance you’d take learning to drive at 3am when you were 15
here’s your old street, the one with a bakery smelling of formeldahyde on it, the one with the house overflowing with bed bugs and fleas and rats.
here’s the canal you rowed in as a teenager.
here’s that coffee shop patio, the last place you saw your dad
