Apartment Block

[MystyrMystyry]

in 5C Fuzzy Jones
hobbles up the stair
friendly to everyone
even when they're not
stops to say hello
to a protruding brick

in 2B the actress
always looks different
rushing in and out
to an audition
in deck shoes
but not that fast
not like

4A, whom no-one recalls
ever seeing
a sneak? a weirdo?
someone suggested
he collects
unusual stones

3D contains ferret lady
though strictly forbidden
by day their meows
are concealed by traffic

in 2C the thief
electrical goods
and boxes
for furniture
periodically
the clock radios
all fire in synchrony

3B has the veteran
of a thousand fires
at night he wheezes
secretly in love
with the weathergirl
unaware she lives

directly beneath