Thursday, September 15, 2022

settling in

i think the young neighbors
are getting a divorce.

i don't hear them arguing
anymore.

his car is gone all the time.
they've let the yard go.

they've taken 
the make love not war sign

out of their yard.
i saw her on the porch

the other day, drinking
and smoking.

a new tattoo on her arm,
the old one smudged out.

they used to be friendly,
they'd wave

say hello, and have a 
little chit chat,

about the weather and sports,
the latest virus or war,

no more.
or maybe, just maybe,

they've settled in like
the rest of us.

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