Neighbors

Every night, hyena laughs from

Rose, my upstairs neighbor, 

shake the chandelier.

I’m certain Joe, across the hall,

slithers, twists the door knob

with his neck to check

if he can find me naked.

Chuck, my left-door neighbor

snarls and shakes his mane

whenever I walk by.

Sue, my right-door neighbor

eagle-eyed, stares down her beak,

as I open my front door.

I know I’m living in the zoo,

and I’m the next free meal.

published in Scuzzbucket