The morning air is heavier than I imagined.
\nI have never been up and out this early
\nand if I am up, I\u2019ve spent it contained within my four walls.
\nSummer days pass me by; this is the first time
\nI heard the palm trees of my street rustle and listened to it.<\/p>\n
I pass by a neighbor\u2019s house
\na man I\u2019ve never seen before mows the lawn carefully enough
\nto not hit the countless, colorful folderol on the property.
\nCome to think of it, I\u2019ve never seen the faces of the people behind these doors.
\nI\u2019m not from a place where people take walks.<\/p>\n
There is no sidewalk on my street or the others surrounding it
\nif you want to roam you do it with four wheels not two legs.
\nPart of me feels there is no one in these houses
\nor these houses are flat slabs of wood painted like a backdrop of a play
\nand the silhouettes against the window at night are merely mechanical.<\/p>\n
I laugh at the thought.
\nI wonder if someone looked out the window
\nthey\u2019d be surprised to see me walking on the road
\nand laugh at the realization that they don\u2019t know me either.<\/p>\n
I circle back and the house next to mine is boarded and abandoned
\nyet their lawn is greener and tamer than my dried one.
\nI\u2019d like to think there\u2019s someone in there
\narising out of view, to water it each night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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