Observation
The radiators here do not clang and bang
They are filled with hot water, not steam
I hear the flow in a low pitched rush
As the boilers work to beat the cold
Air seeping through the window sills
Kitty is curled up in her blue blanket
Head in paws, on her stuffed gray chair
The quiet is broken intermittently
By the sound of the neighbors toilet
Jennifer is tossing in her sleep, coughing
She has been struck by a January virus
