New neighbors, welcome home

Let’s all settle down

in a somewhere nowhere town

to the north or right

of here.

Let’s tell all the ghosts

who’ve lived there before

that it’s our turn.

Let’s explain as nicely as we can

that dirt’s not cheap and

either are words.

You pay to use both,

whether you whisper or run.

So no promises and

no guarantees...

Put your shovel in the ground

and don’t ask for any

favors.