Over The Fence

how do you explain to the neighbours 2 year old
that you dont
want
to talk?

even, when he throws
his favourite sponge packed,
mini plastic coated football
over the fence,
for you,
to fetch?

What do you say?
Nothing.
just scowl at the bastard
(if youre stupid enough to catch his near to the ground eyes)
and let him know you're serious.

Do not let on
that his fathers' double address
(the one he mimicks so well)
is a sign of depravity
and that YOU
are a PROPHET
No. look away.

Some things are better off left unsaid.
--

"It doesn't matter" - wails a police siren
You aren't to know
as long as the cats dont shit on my lawn
we'll keep the secret
--
Driving through Paris in a sports car, in the spring, with the warm wind in your hair - at the age of eleven:

"If that cat shits in my lettuces, i don't know how I'll get to the punchline"

Can you imagine what it means for a ten year old to say a thing like that?

no-one will ever know how you stole that sports car, married a prince - or died.
Except, maybe, the cats.....