Neighborhood Shopping Spree
I can’t abide the wantonness of my neighbor’s wife
and how it encroaches upon my family life.
And though her husband seems content to overlook her ways,
believing her disinterest just a menopausal phase,
when she goes out for groceries, I watch her shut the door
and know that she’ll be shopping for a single item more
than bread or milk or celery, for as she leaves her house,
I hear my back door closing and know it is my spouse
off upon some shopping spree—some sudden hungry whim
that guarantees her shopping list is bound to include him!
Prompts today are encroach, wanton, content, abide and grocery.
Image by Jessie McCall on Unsplash.
Well that was unexpected!
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Oh good. Always love springing those surprises at the end.
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Ouch
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A dangerous situation
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A frustrating one, I think, for sure.
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That too.
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Oh my. Talk about love thy neighbor.
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That should have been my title! Too late to change it?
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Leave as is – it heightens the brilliant surprise end!
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Yes.. I had decided the same thing.
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It’s your blog! Do your thing! 😉
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Oops!
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