so

I'm in the garden,
across the way a
kid tries to go one way,
gets pulled the other

it's the only world we inhabit

I could grow vegetables,
if I could put
my mind to it, hell

might do me good

or it might be
another failure

my neighbour is
quieter than a mouse,
how does he eat?

at least I get
left alone, there's that

I'd rather be friends
with everybody,
or at least
the lively ones

life though -

if it was a
movie,
would anyone
be allowed to watch -

and would
any of us
be able
to stomach it
?