The Electrician
4:27 AM. 90E heading north. Cassette deck clicking, window cracked, fog low. Past Garfield Blvd, row houses pressing close. He parks on Prairie Ave, cuts the engine, smokes. Brick duplex, lower half-sunk. On the window of that unit, dust thick as felt, plastic blinds, trashcan smell. He drops the cigarette, grinds it, grabs the key from