Mood: Accomplished
Drinking: Tea
No Good Deed
Thinking ourselves good neighbors,
we built a bench out front
for strangers to sit on
while they wait for the train.
But when I see them squatting there,
the train-waiting people,
swilling beer on my steps
and marking territory
with sticky trails of melted ice cream,
I begin to think kindness
is ill-advised.
And when a woman
who looks otherwise sane
drops trou and pisses
directly into my flower box
I wonder why we ever bothered
and what Jesus would do
with a hose.
-Lo, who does not condone public peeing.
LaDonnaWitmer 