Chapter 26 of 44
The Street
Communal life and people who live very close by. A neighbor is an unpredictable variable installed permanently next to your house.
23 verses
- 1 There's a van blocking the street and the driver is nowhere Unverifiable
- 2 A neighbor has caught me at the door and I can't get away Unverifiable
- 3 They're doing the roof next door and my car is under it Unverifiable
- 4 Somebody's alarm has been going since five and nobody is home Unverifiable
- 5 There's a delivery for the whole building and it's arrived at my door Unverifiable
- 6 The people upstairs have flooded their kitchen into mine Unverifiable
- 7 The building has sent an email I've chosen to take seriously Unverifiable
- 8 A neighbor has knocked and wants to talk about something outside Concerning
- 9 There's a note through my door about the trash and it names me Concerning
- 10 Somebody has moved my trash can and put it back a different way Not reassuring
- 11 The neighbors have started saying good morning and I don't know when that started Not reassuring
- 12 I've been asked to sign for something for the whole street Not reassuring
- 13 The house opposite has had the same light on for a week Please take the day
- 14 My recycling has been gone through and put back tidily Please take the day
- 15 Somebody left something on my step and it wasn't wrapped Please take the day
- 16 There's a meeting about the parking and attendance is being noted Not reassuring
- 17 I've been put on a rota I didn't agree to Not reassuring
- 18 Somebody has circulated a letter and I'm in the second paragraph Please take the day
- 19 I've agreed to keep an eye on a house and the eye is more involved than expected Concerning
- 20 I'm watering somebody's plants and one of them has changed Please take the day
- 21 There's a thing on the street tonight and I'd have to be seen not going Concerning
- 22 The people next door are having something and it has spread into my yard Concerning
- 23 I've been invited to something by somebody I've been avoiding for a year Concerning
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