Monday, October 30, 2023

big bad Ruth

my neighbor
Ruth,
who used to look like
Olive Oyl,
started lifting weights at the gym.
she's enormous with
muscles bugling
in places
you had no idea muscles
could be in.
i'm a little scared of her
now,
because of her temper
and strange steroid induced
growl,
but if i have a pickle
jar
i can't open, she's quick
to come
over and give
the lid a twist.
tomorrow she's going
to help
me carry bags of paving
stones
to the back yard.

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