Twitter user Daniel Kanter (@danielkanter) snapped a photo of an “open letter” to Brooklyn Heights from “James Carpenter” who claims to someone who would like to continue living in the neighborhood. However it appears that circumstances are not allowing him to say. He writes in verse that reminds us of a certain singer from Manchester, but that’s another story indeed. But if you have five seconds to spare, his note reads:
Dear fellow residents (and landlords) of
This neighborhood, which I’ve so grown to love,Though now I’m moving (much against my will),
I’ve like it here too much to leave until
I’ve tried each way I can, to say nearby;
And this is one that I have yet to tryWhat makes this neighborhood of our so good
Is that it truly is a neighborhood,
With real, live human neighbors in it – so,
Neighbors, I ask: Do any of you know
Of any vacancy of house or flat,
That might befit a young man and his cat?About myself: I’m thirty, spare and tall:
Of pretty easy habits, all in all;
Employed at modest (though quite steady) pay
Proofreading for an agency by day;
A reader/writer/draftsman/craftsman/cook
Who, evenings, likes a bourbon and a book;
Who doesn’t put loug music on at night;
Whose cat is an eccentric; but polite;
Who’s slow to ire, and quick to make a friend;
Who’d like to move late – April/May, and spend
About a grand a month (though he can go
A bit above that – or, of course, below);
Whose information follows this; and who
Would be obliged for any back, from you.Best,
James Carpenter
luckyjimcarpenter AT gmail.com
Here’s Kanter’s Tweet:
Let’s please find this adorable James Carpenter boy an apt in Brooklyn Heights so I can later meet/marry him? twitter.com/Danielkanter/s…
— Daniel Kanter (@Danielkanter) April 17, 2013
