That villagers are incensed that the less well-to-do may soon
live among the more well-to-do
The villagers are awash with fear of fire
The fear of fire is less than the gasps from the police blotter printed each week
And this week there were two burglaries via doggy door,
and both in neighborhoods where it may seem the dogs are ignored,
where the hubcaps get more polish than seems practical,
given the proximity to the freeway, overhead, scraped by the giant pepper trees
in the backyards,where the pets hunker down for a scratch,
when they're not jingling crouch through the rough-
edged flaps at the back of the houses where the inhabitants
just might be packing to move up to the condos in the Northern neighborhood
where there are no doggy doors because you never know, you never do.
The fires may come, but not at our backs! We have tattooed the ears of our pets
should they flee.
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