Your neighbor is the man who needs you. Elbert Hubbard
My Integrated Neighborhood
“Need help carrying groceries?”
a young man calls from across the street.
Wednesday evening and our trash cans
are at the curb ready for weekly pickup.
Our next-door neighbor
moved them before he
tended to his own.
I smile at gifts surrounding
my husband and me,
at the brown, black, and white faces
that reveal hearts exploding with care.
Garbage exists
inside and outside the population.
Love moves it along.
terrypetersen 