Bad Neighbor

He’s out with

His London

On a chilly 

Monday morning

London needs

To use the bathroom

The two of them

Are right outside the apartment

And then some neighbor

Who is walking his dog

Sees the two of them

And starts marching their way

The man and the dog

Are coming right at them

And this isn’t

The first time

That this guy

Has done this

So he picks London up

And crosses the street

Then he makes

A few comments about

The guy’s intelligence and more

He’s holding London

As he makes his comments

The guy who doesn’t know how

To walk a dog

Is very surprised to receive

This negative feedback

And then some

More words are exchanged

And then the guy

Who doesn’t know how

To walk a dog

Walks away with his dog.

Taylor Dibbert is a poet in Washington, DC. He’s author of, most recently, “Takoma.”