Tagged: neighbor
our neighbor who gets
our neighbor who gets
up at four a.m. to take
calls with a global
workforce is most likely a
baritone, reaching for our sleep
.
20220215:0511
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new neighbors are like
new neighbors are like
old neighbors – you can get to
know them all at once
.
20220210:2242
y
from holiday to
from holiday to
holiday to holiday,
the neighbors compete
for who leaves up their decor the
longest, who takes them down first
.
20220126:2022
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those end of summer
those end of summer
gardening days, coveting our
neighbor’s ghost peppers
.
20210527:1622
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perhaps it’s an age
perhaps it’s an age-
old story – coveting your
neighbor’s mint, and thyme,
and even dandelions –
makes for a bitter tonic
.
20200520:0841
y
here’s three-quarters of
here’s three-quarters of
my watermelon, you offered,
and summer begins
.
20190711:2103
y
** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: watermelon
three doors
three doors
down, hunter
can smell us all
coming – weekend
travelers
buying time
.
20180415:1955
y
sunday walks across
sunday walks across
the ceiling in sequined
shoes, size two, with
the regular irregularity
of a juvenile dog’s pitter-
patter trailing from
not far behind her.
i am barely awake,
listening for a
toddler-sized tumble
.
20161211:1703
y
vivienne, you are
vivienne, you are
exercising those powerful
lungs from the second
floor, ready for a lifetime
of song and dance, some shrieking
.
20161005:0745
y
it was unclear who
it was unclear who
received the memo
about summer’s early
arrival – the neighbors,
for example, did
a really good job
feigning it even
though i know we
were caught
by surprise. some
people are just
better at letting
it all hang
.
20120601:0813
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