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neighbors
for 8 yrs
he & i never spoke to each other.
i’d walk my dog shuku by & he’d be
waiting for the schoolbus to bring him
his oldest kid
then his middle kid
& now finally his youngest kid. he’d
sit in that rusted smokefilled ‘65
k-woody & listen to the country kits.

one day
i pulled my car up next to his. he was
scraping birdshit off his windshield.
“beautiful day,” he said to the birdshit.
“yea,” i said to his birdshit.
“noticed your sticker” he said “the one
that says ‘make love, not war’”.
“yes, my wife gave it to me for my
birthday” i said. “she was trying to
tell me something”. then i looked at his
sticker. it said ‘bring home the pows’.
“ya know,” he said “i went to war so guys
like you could have the right to say what
ever you say”.
“yea,” i said. “i know. i fought my own
war so guys like you could stop getting
shot at for guys like me”.

we both were quiet for a bit.
i scraped some birdshit off my own
windshield.
he looked at my graybeard
i looked at him --

“some shit,” he said
“some shit,” i said
“i like your dog,” he said
“thanks,” i said

& we both nodded our heads.



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