the radiators in my new apartment do not clang and bang
they are filled with hot water, not steam
I hear the water flowing into them, in a low-pitched rush
as the boilers work to beat the
cold
air seeping through the windowsills
Kitty is curled into her blanket
head in paws on her stuffed chair
the quiet is broken by the sound of the neighbor's toilet
my lady is tossing in her sleep...coughing
struck-ill by a January virus
