2006/workcrew

Noisy work crew
putting a garage
beneath the neighbor’s
house,
digging out the earth
to do so.
Not yet 7:30 a.m.,
apparently city noise
abatement laws
do not apply
in the county.
I hear the men
shouting over
machines, though
I can’t tell what
they say.
The thing will
have a dumb waiter
and spiral staircase,
which seems to be
a bit much for
the locale.
He wants his wife
to be happy so
he can be happy.
Such a generous act.
I would be claustro-
phobic in the space
and don’t like spiral
staircases.
I would prefer to
walk on the ground
as I carried
the groceries
in.

7/21/06