The warrens in the attic

 The warrens in the attic

Remembering the ancient lift

the counterweights, the cables,

using my arms, my body

to rise to the heights,

within the building.

The warrens in the attic

two by fours and chicken wire

holding tenants’ storage,

new freight of the business,

and broken, discarded typewriters.

Missing panes, clouded windows

another room of empty boxes

So cold in winter,

sweltering in summer

animatronic dolls for the front windows

Moving cartons of acetone, overstock

of reams and reams of papers

Pfaltzgraff plates and dishes

driving the two-wheeled dollies

across the boards, the paper

the corridors in the attic.

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March 26, 2021

The warrens in the attic

the 4^th floor attic of Kimball’s Office Supply Store

65 Pleasant Street, Claremont, NH 03743

1976 to 1978

when I worked there as a stockboy

poem, poetry, Claremont, New Hampshire, childhood, job, stockboy, stock boy, retail, work, sweat, freight elevator,

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