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.”
Copyright © Elton Camp | Year Posted 2011
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