That One Neighbor
Everyday you come outside
just to yell at your children
let them play in a busy street
I cringe as cars fail to slow down
fearing the worst for them
I see your wife and the way
she always struggles to do it all
you never help her
instantly I become even more
thankful for my husband
than already before
because you’re the same
as all those men I once knew
men who are loud and obnoxious
domineering and think the world
owe them something simply
because they are man
my face becomes very loud
when I see you and I can’t help it
I swear I tried to like you,
give you the benefit of the doubt
but you disrespected me
in my own driveway
then after seeing your actions
In the light of the living room window
I can’t unsee it or you
any other way.
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I’m left wanting to know what you saw.
Wonderfully captured. I know this man and this story and wish I didn’t.