What Are You Looking At?
I was staring out the front window
The wife asks me
What are you looking at?
Watching my neighbor
Bag up his leaves I say
Nobody ever taught me the right way
She laughs
Thought it might be some big-breasted blonde
Jogging down the street
Funny how things change
She says
These things happen without notice
True, but if my neighbor
was a big-breasted blonde, I would look.
I would want to see how she rakes her leaves.
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if you were watching the blonde rake leaves (palm fronds? leave it to thr S. FL garnders!) you’re a nice enough guy that i’s very sure you would have eventually sauntered over and gently brought up the idea that yard maintence in a French bikini and high heels might br ill-advised. in that case you’d become a hero saving a nice neighbor from men who get the wrong idea-you were saving her not haping at here like a kid in front of Macy’s in NY at Christmas! that, my dear Tom, is your license to watch the rake’s progress!
This is the first comment I am printing out and keeping in my wallet. It will be my “get out of jail free” card.
hmmm, wait.. you are bagging leaves in Jan? *grumbles*
wait again, why bag leaves when a lawn more mulches them into something the grass likes? … there is no right way to bag leaves, it is just wrong any way. lol.
thinks you were watching someone jog by…
Maybe a bit of both. Florida, leaves fall all damn year but the grass doesn’t grow in winter. Rain is pretty miserable in summer, if that makes it more equitable…
Freaking amazing – on so many levels. Thanks for the image. Most important, there are leaves in Florida?
Thank you sir! I have all kinds of trees around the house, only three palms. Funny thing about Florida is that the leaves fall all year round, but especially in Jan and Feb.
hey are you still staring out the window?
Nope. I took my new found knowledge and raked the leaves like a pro this weekend. Five bags worth dropped since I wrote the damn poem!
lol I hope they are sorted according to species colour and size.
I just like to bunch ‘em all up. They need to learn how to get along.
Haha. Funny. Interesting twist. Like your writing…
Thank you for the good words and taking the time to comment!
Absolutely!