Birds chatter to each other about their holidays as insects turn up uninvited
My dog makes a noise like a steam train as I call to him in grass long enough to lose himself in
A walk in the woods without gumboots
The neighbours find the key to the shed where they left it 6 months ago;plugging things in and wishing they’d dried others before committing them to hibernation
Then they have sex with their windows open, making noises that carry in the summmer breeze
Sand, sand flies, bites and the sticky awkwardness of an office without aircon.
Different coloured skies and healthy clouds bringing welcome rain as the nearly dry washing flaps on the line in panic
Grateful plants
Wet grass and the smell of golf club changing rooms mixing with the heavy thundery air and the late smack of leather on willow, followed by nervous applause
Sunburn
Pretty girls wearing their best
Weeds growing out of bricks
Disrupted, light affected sleep
Suddenly, winter returns with a quick drop in celsius, followed by a wind to lose your hat in
Then you remember
You live in Wellington
© Ash Cheyne 2017
Daily Word Prompt Challenge – Neighbours
Image – Getty Images – Julia-DavilaLampe
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