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Great gusts of wind rattle the windows, howling, howling, I sit at my desk, and peer out my window: A lit door in a driveway, I see it through dancing twigs through black of night: the house of my neighbor He comes to the door in a grey robe, opens it, his sniffle echoes to my window, an orange cat runs out, skitters with soft paws across the cold pavement out of the spotlight-streetlight, behind a dumpster, The wind, the wind, it's shaking my building, it's whipping the belt of his robe. I close my eyes. I open my eyes. City Hall: white steeple, gold dome, City Hall is illuminated purple out the window, out the window: streetlights, lit windows, dancing trees, I focus my eyes, see myself. I look angry. Sound of a siren, I look down, back, in the driveway, blue and red lights, a squadcar is parked. I can't do this, I think. I'm tired. My building shudders in the wind, don't want to say too much, don't want to say too little.
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Nov 18, 2013
Nov 18, 2013 at 6:45 PM UTC
I Sat At My Desk During A Windstorm
Great gusts of wind rattle the windows, howling, howling, I sit at my desk, and peer out my window: A lit door in a driveway, I see it through dancing twigs through black of night: the house of my neighbor He comes to the door in a grey robe, opens it, his sniffle echoes to my window, an orange cat runs out, skitters with soft paws across the cold pavement out of the spotlight-streetlight, behind a dumpster, The wind, the wind, it's shaking my building, it's whipping the belt of his robe. I close my eyes. I open my eyes. City Hall: white steeple, gold dome, City Hall is illuminated purple out the window, out the window: streetlights, lit windows, dancing trees, I focus my eyes, see myself. I look angry. Sound of a siren, I look down, back, in the driveway, blue and red lights, a squadcar is parked. I can't do this, I think. I'm tired. My building shudders in the wind, don't want to say too much, don't want to say too little.
la-hall
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Nov 18, 2013
Nov 18, 2013 at 6:45 PM UTC
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