Saturday, February 6, 2021

the next door neighborhood watch

the next door neighborhood
network
is quick
to ask
did anyone hear that noise
last night.
it sounded like gunshots,
or fireworks.
has anyone seen my cat.
it's a black and white
with a red collar.
she doesn't answer to her name,
which is sugarplum.
there's been a strange
man circling in a white
van with rugs
sticking out of the back.
there's a woman walking
around with a baby
in her arms. she seems lost.
is anyone upset about
the closing of sex store
up the street?
are you hearing that screeching
in the woods at night?
coyote, or fox?  sheila
my ex wife, perhaps?
who has good chinese
food around here?

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