“Good fences make good neighbors”, they say
and so I went to walk the far back fence
that defines the boundary between me and the next
guy but also would establish me as a good
citizen to reside next to him.
and I reset a stone or two, pulled
a few young sprouts, cut down one
sapling and pretended not to notice
his approach.
“Good fences make good neighbors”
he said as he came up along beside me
setting stones on his side, pulling sprouts
and cutting saplings,
Yup, I said, best to do it now before winter
Yup, he said, I suppose it is
and so we moved along the quarter mile
setting and pulling and cutting
until the end and we agreed that we had
done a good job
Best do this more often he suggested
I agreed and wondered if it might be better
done monthly. He supposed it would be
ok to try it and so we agreed to walk
this fence again
after the next full moon,
weather permitting of course
and we parted
but I tarried just a bit
just enough to loosen a stone or two
so that there would be a good and sufficient reason
to be walking that quarter next month
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