MAKING TIME FOR NEIGHBORS
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It’s good to make time for neighbors,
A rest from all your labors…
Working with them
Refreshes again,
Good to pay off favors!
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Sit and talk in the laundry,
About other neighbors and sundry…
Appreciate them
Before the end,
It will happen…one day!
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Why live alone like a hermit?
You don’t—even you—deserve it…
Companions rare–
Enjoy who’s there–
Being friendly with neighbors: a merit.
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–Jonathan Caswell
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CAUGHT HER DRIFT!
“It’s so BEAUTIFUL…” she yelled,
On a break from scraping window ice…
Her car buried in a snow drift
But thought the crystal trees looked nice.
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She or somebody wished out loud’
I really wasn’t that near…
That she had a camera
To take a picture “out here.”
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She tried to kneel on the hood
To reach the other side of the car…
Her leg kept slipping off,
From that angle she couldn’t reach far.
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We neighbors helped her dig
Out her vehicle from…
The drift it nosed into,
Our artistically minded chum!
–Jonathan Caswell
UNFRAMED….BUT VALUED
A “thank you” hangs on my wall,
From a neighbor thankful for all…
Of a poet’s kindness
Her dog to address,
A worthy addition to our hall.
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Her handwriting is just fine,
A bigger sight finer than mine…
No need for cards,
Sensitive bards
Are happy to be kept in mind!
–Jonathan Caswell
By the Mighty Mumford 