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"Lennie's Porch"

submitted by Smedleys_Butler to SmedleysPorch 1.6 yearsOct 3, 2023 20:55:54 ago (+1/-0)     (SmedleysPorch)

Can't even escape surveillance
Marooned among the all seeing eyes
Of the trailer park
Staying with an indolent acquaintance
Who's been looking for a roommate

We finish laying stone
Around the deck perimeter
Guess I can't stash beer there
From his neurotic stepmother
A few rows down

Lennie doesn't drink
But he yells at her like he does
And he smokes more than me
Since his guinea pig died

Lennie doesn't ask for much
Unlike her in this temporary situation
Since I had to leave my old porch
- Not from eviction
But an unseen lease renewal
Seems it happened to another tenant
In their non-negotiable contract

Shekel goblins
More people grow claws each day
Whether as crabs in a bucket
Or birds to 'lift you up'

But Lennie doesn't pry
He's going night fishing
Where he drowns autistic rage

Hop on the Ebike
Brakes need tightening
Another long day
I want it
Ride with rush hour traffic
Into the sunset with shades
Another long day
I deserve it
Some truck from the quarry
Spilled riprap on the road
Another long day
But I don't need it


8 comments block

I gave up Poal smoking as well, er I mean, they kicked me off for some thing I did, whatever. Yeah, about the only time I don’t drink beer is when I’m sick. That’s when I get a bottle of brandy or bourbon or some shit.