52nd Avenue West
inspired by
One night
in my neighbor’s front yard
I saw a man digging a hole just up off of the sidewalk
by the orange glow of a streetlight
which kept flashing off and on with a buzz and a hum and a click.
I asked the man if he was burying something.
Buzz. Hum. Click.
Maybe it was one of Mrs Figueroa’s many black cats which were always running around in the street in the middle of the night.
Was it one of her cats I asked.
Buzz. Hum. Click.
They were all fine he told me.
Maybe he was helping to move around one of Mrs Figueroa’s many rose bushes that dotted her fence line. Maybe Mrs. Figueroa wanted one of her white rose bushes right under her living room window where she could see it when she opened her curtains in the morning.
Is that what he was doing, moving flowers around? I asked.
Buzz. Hum. Click.
No.
So- come one- what gives I ask, what are you burying here in the dark under a streetlight that won’t stay on.
I’m not burying anything he told me.
Buzz. Hum. Click
I’m digging something up.
Click.
Very clever, Anita Marie, and very creepy.
imogen88
May 22, 2008 at 3:56 am
I have my eyes covered.I don’t want to see what it is.
gailkav
May 22, 2008 at 10:57 am
Now that leaves the question!(:-)
cronelogical
May 22, 2008 at 11:31 am
Um, by the way, where IS Mrs. Figueroa?
Lori
May 22, 2008 at 12:23 pm
Good question, Lori!
kvwordsmith
May 22, 2008 at 12:59 pm
Anita Marie
May 22, 2008 at 2:34 pm
I hate it when they start digging holes like that in my front yard late at night…
jodhiay
May 22, 2008 at 2:46 pm
Oh suspense! Great stuff ;O)
Jill
May 23, 2008 at 11:47 am
A clever piece that leaves a lot to the imagination
espirit07
May 23, 2008 at 12:15 pm
Guys..the doors at the end of the post are ummm…you know at a Morgue.
The Buzz abd Hum and Click were the sounds I’d hear when I’d open those doors ( updated versions ) during removals.
Sweet Dreams you all.
Anita Marie
May 23, 2008 at 5:37 pm
I thought of you at last week’s art fair, Anita Marie – there was an oversize painting of your gargoyle avatar – maybe it was signage for a morgue?!?!?
kvwordsmith
May 23, 2008 at 6:28 pm
Y’know, my imagination was doing just fine without the additional information in your comment, Anita Marie. Just fine.
shewolfy728
May 23, 2008 at 7:35 pm
It just occurred to me that I have one of those streetlights across the street from me that won’t stay on, especially when I walk under it.
I will think of you and Mrs. Figueroa each time I see…………..
Lori
May 23, 2008 at 11:41 pm
You are just trying to freak everyone out again A.M and as usual, you SUCCEEDED. Now I will not be able to have my afternoon nap and I am seriously wondering about those noises coming from the neighbours place.
Heather Blakey
May 24, 2008 at 4:45 am