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Middle of the night

The only thing darker is the quiet

September nights

Windows open

Screaming

Moaning

An occasional loud slap

Is someone being attacked?

Of course not

It’s a couple

She’s being killed

She’s giving birth

She’s coming

But what about the neighbors?

Will someone call the cops?

She’s so loud

We should all cover our ears

We shouldn’t be involved

How can she be so oblivious?

It’s wonderful.

Like children in the park

Screaming their hearts out

Not a care in the world

Not a moment of others ears

Not a second thought of others opinions

Only joy

Only release

Only death

Only life

Only coming and coming and coming

The entire neighborhood reclined in the afterglow

How could something so real just have happened?

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Howard Hain  Oct. 18  2018