when people say to you
your luck can change
with the force of the wind?
but my nosey neighbours?
two old ladies with nothing better to do
well they never change
they are the noisiest women
I've ever known
and I'm talking the best part
of nineteen years I've put up with them
on this island
always worried about my weight
and my clothes
I could be a stick insect
and they would still find
something to offend me with
when I open the venice blinds
they're hung out their windows
dried up like prunes
they're like old laundry
that should've been taken in
weeks ago
just staring down on me
I swear I can feel them
I can't help but look up
I'm always polite though...
I always say ciao
and in return
they do the same
only with fake smiles
and to top it all
like sweet cherries
on a magnificent cheesecake
made with cream of pistachio
and chocolate
I open my emails each evening
hoping for an email
that isn't sent by me
to me
there's nothing...
I still haven't received one
from the thousand author house's
that I send my poetry too
on an hourly basis
offering me the amazing and
exclusive book deal
with a very generous cheque
offered for my genius
I suspect Napoleon
never had to put up with this shit?
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Good fun write Teddy, Back in the day those neighbours were the Facebook on the street.
Andy
lol I still don't have Facebook perhaps that's why. š¹
Sounds like a great vacation but not from the neighbors. No matter how far one goes in this world one can not escape from gossip and the nosey. A little Napoleon brandy might help. A most fun read my friend.
The grass is never greener is it, lol thank you dearest sorrenbarret, thank you for reading my waffling poetry. š¤£ I'll have a double. š
Noooo - trouble with the neighbours, Teddy? Unprecedented...!š šš¤£
Irony you say.....?
They're just silly old bags and who really cares? LoL thank you dear Dave. š š¤£
You know dear Teddy, if I were you Iād be having a little fun with those neighbors. Give them something juicy to gossip about š. It is so hot here. Flaking out. Give my regards to Napoleon:)š¹
Here it's 37c you just can't breath at night oh I always show a little.leg and of course I've got a gorgeous Italian husband, i think they are just jealous, they don't much like the Brits š¤£ š thank you dear Cassie such a fun response. š
Perhaps the best thing to stop your snoopy neighbors is to send them some of your poetry. They'll like it and not know what to do or they'll be scared you'll write about them and start changing their ways. Win. Win. - Phil A.
Hello dearest Phil, I don't mind them really, they are just busy bodies giving them.my poetry well that would be punishment for them wouldn't it! Plus I'd have to translate into Italian and it just wouldn't be the same LoL thank you for coming by. š¹
Hey. You give their lives meaning. What more can one do? They should thank you for keeping them on their toes. Oh, your poetry. It's good enough for some American rags. However, I think it can do better than that. I believe you have talent. It's just that so many people are writing it today. Keep going. I've been published in a few magazines online and off. You can to.
Awe thank you dear Thoughtless, I wouldn't ever really imagine being published lol although I do send myself emails all the time. š¤£ Congratulations on yours my friend. š¹
but Napeoleon didn't have a gift for poetry, did he Teddy.
a fun read.
am sure my nosey neighbours would enjoy such words.
they seem more involved when I come with a takeaway!
Nosey and noisy always on the phone I suspect to eachother lol thank you dearest Melvin,I had a good chuckle writing this and it's even true the most emails I receive are from myself, I believe Napoleon did write love letters bit not to me š¤£ š¤£š¤£ š¹
I'm still laughing over your final line as as I write. Now what would Napolean do in a circumstance such as yours? Would he counter with something totaly unexpected? Allow that Teddy imagination run wild and give them something to really talk about. One day your genius will be recognized, perhaps when you put those two old biddies in their place and write an amazing poem about it. Loved this write! P.S. I'm still laughing.
Are you laughing because I send myself emails and they are the only ones I really ever receive? apart from the bank, the other day they reimbursed 3 euros to my account, and wrote me an email informing me š¤£ oh it's good to laugh, laugh away dearest Bella, warms my heart to know you enjoy my scribbles thank you. š š¹
I don't send myself emails, but I talk to myself all the time, that may be worse because I actually answer myself. Guess I meet myself coming and going. I'm laughing because you always brighten my day and make me smile!
Dearest Bella LoL š
Superb work, Teddy. You have a great sense of humor. You are fantastic.
lol thank you dearest Thomas, my sense of humour is a tool that has been in my favour my whole life š¤£š¤£š¤£š¤£ so glad you felt it. Thank you dear Thomas š
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