- It's been aboot a decade
- that we've bided in oor hoose,
- And maistly wir contentit here,
- apart fae wan excuse:
- The wan thing that'll fash us,
- and the wan thing we regret,
- Oor neebour's been a fandan
- since the day that we first met.
- He's ayeways got a comment
- if Ah need tae cut mah grass,
- Or hoiks aroond ma bins
- tae check plastic, caird or glass.
- Or if Ah'm haeing veesitors
- that need tae park on-street,
- He ayeways jees thair motors on
- by just a few mair feet.
- He'll whine ma milkman's noisy,
- or ma rones are wantin cleart,
- Pits clippings in ma gairden
- fae wir hedge that he's just sheart,
- Or Post-Its on ma windscreen
- wi' some wisdom tae dispense,
- Or writes intae the cooncil
- where he clipes aboot my fence.
- The wey he's aye pernickety
- nae mair can Ah ignore.
- The next time he's gaun oot the hoose
- I'm roon at his front door.
- I'm shoutin' through his letterbox
- to get the dauber back:
- "ALEXA, SET REMINDER:
- 3AM, TO WALK THE CAT!"____
by Albert Semple
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