Show Love

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This old gal…

Heard a knock at the door…it was late…it was dark…we never have visitors…wary me…turned on the porch light and peeked through the peep hole…didn’t know the gal…early twenties…wearing lounging pants and a sweatshirt…five years ago…would have just opened the door…five years ago…wouldn’t have thought twice about it…

But those videos popped into the head…the pretend lost person…open the door…a mob swarms from the bushes…ransack your home…or worse…opened the door anyway…or more like that husband of mine did…it was our neighbor…lives two houses down…would we by any chance have an egg she could have…

Have been there…start some baking thing only to find…you’re one egg short…but then…perhaps this is some Tik Tok thing…ask old people for an egg…then something bad transpires…while they get it…she got the egg…listened patiently while friendly me chatted about our neighborhood kitties…then was on her way…

But something sat heavy…on the heart after she left…it’s sad…that friendly me…even in our safe neighborhood…is afraid…to be friendly…that trusting me…has lost trust…that super ninja old gal me…has to always…be on the alert…

Let’s stop the madness…stop the ugly…fight together for peace…open our hearts to others…and our doors…to those who need to borrow…a cup of sugar…or maybe…like in this case…a little white egg…
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And this husband of mine…agrees…