Apartment Living

A never-ending cycle of laundry
litters my back porch only to remind
me of the joys of apartment living.

The shadows of my unmentionables,
though, provide shade for those times
I need to escape to the outdoors.

I can stand, screened by tshirts,
in relative privacy against lingering
gazes of lonely neighbors in windows.

This is my oasis, sad as it looks.
I take refuge from confined spaces
and spy on the world beyond.