I have a new neighbor
And it’s not going well
She’s lean and she’s mean
She’s a neighbor from Hell!
My telephone rang
‘Twas her voice breathing hard
She had just seen “my” rat
It had come from my yard!
She knocked on my door
All puffin’ and wheezin’
My lilacs must go
They had started her sneezin’
My cat scratched her dog
Who was out roaming free
She had him stitched up
And sent us the fee.
I must admit that this terrible hellion
Is inspiring thoughts
That are most Machiavellian
I’m concocting a plan
For some fool-proof caper
To send her out packing
May the devil take her!
Geraldine Forer Spagnoli
