Written to the prompt "Take inspiration from the "greener pastures syndrome": you really want what someone else has."
Looking Over the Fence
[2022/02/05]
[V]
Like a peeping tom, I'm peeking
at my neighbors brand new car.
Point of fact, I spend most of my time
admiring him from afar.
My neighbor has a perfect life,
a perfect lawn, and a perfect wife.
He has the best in the fashion sense.
All this I see looking over the fence.
[V]
It hasn't always been this way
my obsession with my neighbor.
Once we'd watch our children play,
mostly in his backyard.
His princess had everything,
had him tied around with string.
Both breathed the air of confidence.
I watched it all, looking over the fence.
[C]
Looking over the fence, the pasture's green
and filled with vast wildflowers.
The sun seems to always shine.
I sure want what my neighbor has.
I dwell on it for hours.
My neighbor's world seems a one-sided affair.
Looking over the fence,
I wish I were there.
[V]
Everything next door has a place and a purpose
and is so frigging tidy, and neat.
Even the grass next to the curbside,
not one blade of grass meets the street.
His paper is right on his doorstep
each morning while mine ends up in the hedge.
Oh! And the side of his hedge is so bloody perfect
trimmed and cut to a finely-honed edge.
[C]
Looking over the fence, the pasture's green
and filled with vast wildflowers.
The sun seems to always shine right there.
I sure want what my neighbor has
I dwell on it for hours.
His world seems a one-sided affair.
Looking over the fence
I wish I were there.
[B]
Perfect house, perfect yard,
and he doesn't try hard
to try and make it that way.
I really want what my neighbor has,
I know that's a catty thing to say. But
[C]
Looking over the fence, the pasture's green
and filled with vast wildflowers.
The sun seems to always shine right there.
I sure want what my neighbor has
I dwell on it for hours.
His world seems a one-sided affair.
Looking over the fence,
I wish I were there.
Copyright (c) 2022 by Douglas Murphy
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@kerriwinter Feb 2022
I like the levity you've brought to this concept - especially V 3 with the hedges! - but I think the underlying despair/frustration still comes through. nice work