Waiting for home to come steaming up-river. (2014)

My apartment is an old house on the hill,    poorly and incompletely refurbished.From my hall and rickety fire-escape,I look off over the Davenport skyline,    towards Rockport’s just accross The River. At night the city fills with orange lights,    Centennial bridge half-lit most nights.All the old houses in this neighborhood have these same river-facing windows.The romantic …