Thursday, July 22, 2021

you can't make this stuff up

she called the po po on me once
for waking up
her bird.
i turned a light on to
go sleep on the couch.
her giant parrot, or whatever
it was,
hung on to it's swing upside
down.
a blanket covering the cage.
it made sounds like a smoke
alarm
for most of the day and night.
i heard the policeman
laughing
on the other end, as the ex
went on and on
about how her bird
needed sleep
and that waking him up
in the middle of the night
could kill him.
the cage was big enough
for two grown
adults.
it showed up one day,
before i was able to move out.
the cops never came.
and i went back up to bed.


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