The suburban square
has 4 houses
including our own.
It's very quiet except
some nights in bed
I hear a human scream.
Did it come from
the old couple
always working their garden?
Or the newcomers
with a young son
whose hair is golden curls?
Or was it the Robinsons?
He is always golfing.
She drinks and smokes a lot.
"Did it wake you?" I ask
my wife but she
just turns away from me.