Same street. That’s the joke nobody laughs at Cream paint for the guests. Our door for the bags. I am not a case study. I am late for nothing and early for nothing. Dean takes the pretty side as if walking under a hotel name could change the rent. I stand in the jamb because the jamb is mine. Kim rings and I let it go to the sound of her life, which has a porch that closes properly. I am not a case study. I am late for nothing and early for nothing. I smoke the length of an argument and put the stub in a tin so the landlord cannot call me a fire. When I look up the street I am not looking for a movement. I am looking for my sister, who will not come down tonight, and for Dean, who might. I am not a case study. I am late for nothing and early for nothing.
