Celebrating life!

I thought people only lived here in apartments and villas but I discovered life on the staircases when both elevators broke down and I had to climb 7 floors. There I discovered a community that meets to smoke cigarettes and exchange gossip. I found a group that airs their laundry as they discuss Brazil, Germany’s win or the upcoming Eid. There kids play and build stamina going round and round and round and cockroaches scuttle in search of food and new frontiers.  There I huff and puff and think If not for the broken elevators would I even know about the secret life of the stairwells that forge bonds unlike any other.