Thursday, November 18, 2021

raising the rent

the rent was 215 in my first
bedroom apartment.
a one bedroom garden unit
on the ground floor.
i was twenty one.
scraping by,
but doing alright, a car,
a watch,
a gallon bottle of aqua
velvet by the door.
clothes, food and beverages,
you know,
the usual thing.
it had a stack washer
and dryer
in the hall closet.
a dishwasher,
a big tub.
a sliding glass door that
opened up to the woods
which bordered
Rosecroft Raceway.
i could see the basketball
court outside the window.
a pool too with a diving board.
it was paradise.
guest parking for anyone
i was seeing
back in the day.
and then i got the notice
in the mail that
rent was going up to
235 next year.
that was it, i had to get out
of there.
over the bridge to Virginia
where Susie, Michelle
and Donna lived.

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