A Farewell to Apartment

Goodbye, heated garage
Goodbye, nearly unlimited kitchen cabinet space
Goodbye, beautiful trees and privacy.

Goodbye, kitchen floor that never looked clean
Goodbye, carpet with mystery stains
Goodbye, plastic shell-shaped bathroom sink with faux brown and tan marble
Goodbye, ancient oven
Goodbye, noisy refrigerator
Goodbye, teeny dishwasher
Goodbye, saving quarters for expensive loads of laundry
Goodbye, chain smoker on the balcony below me
Goodbye, fake butcher block cabinets
Goodbye, pomegranate juice stains on the wall
Goodbye, lingering campfire smell
Goodbye, oh-so-unhelpful apartment management
Goodbye, half-mile walk to mailbox
Goodbye, white paint on all the baseboards.

Goodbye, apartment. I'll always remember my first.