The New Apartment

The New Apartment By Elton Camp The apartment looked pretty good to old Mrs. Pike The area was a bit run-down, so that she didn’t like The place unexpectedly became available for lease When the former tenant was taken away by police The landlord’s cleaning crew, thorough sure were not Some of the other tenant’s personal things they forgot Mrs. Pike was forced to complete the job by herself So out went his clothes, food, and trinkets on the shelf But out in the back, setting on the apartment’s patio There was a potted plant that she didn’t feel had to go Its scalloped leaves were of a type to her unknown Very soon, Mrs. Pike was amazed at how it’d grown Two men came by and announced they were from DEA “We need to check out what your neighbors had to say.” And that how Granny Pike really got put on the spot The newspaper came to read, “Woman growing pot.”