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It’s a parking lot

my neighbor’s park their cars

they try to keep their vehicle

visible to their window

I look out at the parked cars

The dumpster’s getting filled up

with holiday excess

the unnecessary packaging

destined for a landfill

now littering the ground

the people get in and out of cars

people argue with relatives

and carry boxes and bags

a few people walk their dogs

the dogs barking joyously

in the winter

the trees are barren

and we can see

all the cars

and the people conducting

their everyday lives

I watch people discard

fast food containers

on the ground

disposable as their own lives

their indifference

to their own home shocking

I bury my face

back on the monitor

determined to see

if the trash inside

equals the trash outside