The Lessor Speaks by Ben Nardolilli
They asked me how I didn’t know, and I tell them he was quiet, he kept to himself, he paid the rent on time, and he never even stayed out late or cleaned away his crimes using our bathroom or our sink, and then I remind the cameras and the commenters who scoff with disbelief and criticize me under my quotes that most men who are quiet, who keep to themselves, who pay the rent on time, and never stay out late kill no one, not even themselves, they wait out the clock, survive until the end of the month, and go on as long as necessary, and they are ignored by you and by me, because they don’t start revolutions either ___ Ben Nardolilli currently lives in New York City. His work has appeared in Perigee Magazine, Red Fez, Danse Macabre, The 22 Magazine, Quail Bell Magazine, Elimae, The Northampton Review, Local Train Magazine, The Minetta Review, and Yes Poetry. He blogs at mirrorsponge and is trying to publish his nove
