#69 - rooftop view
a little poem
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at the top of the hill sat a smooth cement hotel
it had large looking-glass windows made flush against the concrete and lined with amber wooden beams
the doors were discrete like the faces that entered
at the bottom of the hill were metal roofs held up by mismatched wooden beams and windows that formed between the cracks of concrete blocks
the children hid between the damp laundry on the clothesline
i lived between these two places in a cement casita painted bright yellow that had a metal gate, meditation room and a rooftop that overlooked both sides of the hill and towards a city of nearly a million people
by 7:00pm most days, my senses were sweltered. drained and dehydrated, i carried my body to the rooftop as the sun clocked out and the wind clocked in and we all relieved and relived one another
up there, bikinis and techno beats donkeys being herded, BMWs and roosters cocking the time — filled a single frame an accompanying chord a muddled thought
on wednesday mornings, a truck would ring its bell at dawn to pick up the week's trash
all across the hill we would emerge from our caves calling the day, buenos dias, and catching each other's close and far off gazes while waiting to rid our pile
neighbours by proximity and strangers by proximity, we shared that slope the night sky and the lament of catty dogs at 3 am but stayed inside our cement dens
one day, i ventured to the top of the hill to see if a kingdom lay behind the grey sheen; to see if I could find the door
the air was cleaner up there, distilled and priced, but as hard as the cement and it sent me right back down the slope, shifty and wobbly down to the bottom where the air was thicker but softer against the skin and cement
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Andrew Lawton @AndrewLawton
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