Writers Unblocked Magazine Volume 1/ Number 1

THE FACE
NEXT DOOR
BY LANA FINDLAY (DURST), Part-time Instructor | The Business School
They had lived on the same street for ten years now
in a small, but quaint looking suburb.
The box houses were lined neatly in rows,
each with a front lawn, garden, and white picket fence.
They could walk to the corner store for milk,
and to the post office for their mail.
Mr. White took out his garbage every Monday morning at eight -
the same time as Mr. Green next door.
Mr. White smoked a cigarette at the curb those mornings
and Mr. Green waited for the bus.
They stood side by side,
each Monday morning,
not saying “hello”, or “it looks like rain”.
They were men,
not feeling a need
to be friendly;
neighbours,
not finding it strange
to be strangers.
LANA FINDLAY (DURST)
16 WRITERS UNBLOCKED • VOL. 1 / NO. 1