my neighbours are boring
keeping curtains drawn all day
wonder what life lies behind the fabric
only one lays bare to me
a lonely fat bald man
sitting at his kitchen table
he eats cereal, soup, or noodles –
always something from a bowl
every day, eating from a bowl
the way lonely fat bald men do
I suppose, still, he remains
my most interesting neighbour
bernard barnes . artist . writer 
Says the person
Next door to whom
I am running a meth lab.
Cooking rock behind closed curtains.
Don’t inhale to deeply.