busy with things

you hear
your neighbor
cutting his grass
at eight a.m.
on a sunday
morning. you
look out the window
and see him
sweating in
the early sun.
wiping his brow
with a rag.
later he'll wash
his car
and cut branches
down from
his trees.
sometimes he'll
haul bags
to the curb.
this goes on
until sunset.
he's busy with
his weekend,
filling up
the above ground
pool.
sometimes you'll
see his wife
and son looking
out their
window, blinking
their eyes.