Good Neighbors

Daily writing prompt

What makes a good neighbor?

I put up a post called neighbors a couple of days ago. If I had looked ahead I would have known.

What makes a good neighbor? There are two answers to this. One is slightly more important than the other, but they are both incredibly important.

First and foremost, they need to be quiet. Simple. All but one of my neighbors are quiet. One likes to have pool parties on the weekend and they always include loud music and sometimes they include very loud karaoke, which is quite painful to experience. Other than that, they are fine, and they always shut it down by 10:00pm so it never becomes more than a slight annoyance. They are okay neighbors, but we’re asking for good neighbors.

The second requirement is harder to detect. I need my neighbors to not be fascists. I need them to not be nazis, whether in or out of the nazi closet. I need them to not be maga. I can’t handle having trump assholes living near me. The idea makes my skin crawl. I don’t know if any of my neighbors are fascists or fascist collaborators or even just fascist sympathizers, but it’s a 50/50 chance, right? The very thought of it makes me want to puke.

There you have it. Too simple little steps on the road to being a good neighbor. Amen and thank you very much.