Hello neighbor
I see you there
with you thumb-sized
Cracker Jack toy
surprise history book
ranting about the world’s problems.
I catch you sometimes
peering through
that rolled up paper tube
out past your basement window
scanning the horizon
for the next threat
in whatever shape or color it might be.
And I hear you blaring into
that mic—that pill shaped hostage
all those findings like a
third-grade beginning trumpet player
Blasting sour scales
endlessly.
I’ve asked before
But now I’m telling you.
Keep it down.
Some of us are trying to lead.

Keith Carmona

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