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WSR Poetry Corner: ‘Apartment Like a Shoebox’

March 17, 2023 | 8:50 AM
in ART, REAL ESTATE
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Photograph by Helena Maffei.

“Apartment Like a Shoebox”
By Helena Maffei

Apartment like a shoebox,
One bedroom, four people.
Father, mother, sister, brother,
In a brownstone by the park.

Apartment like a bookshelf,
Things crammed into each corner.
The couch, chairs and piano
All doubling as shelves.

Apartment like a birdhouse,
A haven in the city where
With nothing but two duffel bags
My parents made their nest.

Apartment like a desk drawer,
Small but filled with tools
That helped two children grow.
Someday soon we’ll outgrow home.

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Neighbor785
Neighbor785
6 months ago

Sounds like little apartment, big love! (:

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good humor
good humor
6 months ago

You can measure living spaces in square feet or in love.

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Phoebe
Phoebe
6 months ago

Like “Little House on the Prairie”

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Ethan
Ethan
6 months ago

“Even the mice are hunchback”

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Bracha
Bracha
6 months ago

beautiful!

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Elisabeth Jakab
Elisabeth Jakab
6 months ago

Lovely. thank you for posting here.

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Kindly DrDave
Kindly DrDave
6 months ago

A wonderfully told life story! Thank you!

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carl silverman
carl silverman
6 months ago

True

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