2007/noisy

The alstromeria have shriveled up.
I have a cold for the third week
in a row. The noisy neighbor
with the loud truck has moved out.
Now they are working on his place,
electric saws vibrate inside
my congested head.
I am hoping a quiet woman
moves in. Folly, of course,
the noisiest person
in the neighborhood
is a woman.
In fact, she used to live next door
to the guy who just left,
before she moved down the block.
In between, she lived
on the other side of town.
I can’t remember those years now,
the way you don’t notice
a part of your body
when it is free of pain.

2/2/07