I watch my neighbor cut our grass
With his teeth. Clouds pass under
The sun making it difficult
To read my newspaper. My hands
Look bruised and wrinkled like
I've been wringing a deluge. I walk
From the porch to her Mustang
And turn on the radio and mess
The knobs and antenna until
I find metal. The car's caked.
I wonder what kind of molars
My neighbor holds in that mouth?
I wonder when it was, exactly,
I became fly-by-night? When
Did she hire him to work my work?
'Never have I seen anything
So green,' I say, later, over drinks.
He smiles, thinking I mean grass.