MY NEIGHBOUR, MY PAIN !!!

There's always that one neighbour

That nuisance..that pain in the butt

Who constantly murders everyone's peace of mind

Interesting folks of a unique brand !

Blasting deafening obituary tracks at kill point volume

Disturbing both the living asleep and the dead in the tombs

Exploding noise into your ears like time bomb

And your match box?...Always nowhere to be found

Have you ever shared a toilet with them?

Even the devil will scream off his head !

Splattered around is their evidence of malnutrition

Many a time you wish there's a penalty in the constitution

You walk home from under the scorching sun to take a nap

You're met by that boil in the crotch right at the entrance

Mouth dysentry that starves one of siesta

Ranting idle words ceaselessly around the compound

Have you ever arrived home to meet your stove smoking hot?

And your last litre of fuel mercilessly burnt

The birth of your afternoon indomie totally aborted

With the fury of anger you become impregnated

Need I remind you that 'they' don't confess?

They avoid your presence as they subscribe to silence

Same act 24 hours later by the same thorn in the flesh

At that point it becomes difficult to bless!

Have you ever realized you still miss them when they travel?

Those once upon a time pain become the evening giggle

Tolerance is what folks like them help you build

Hmmm...that pain in the butt who doesn't yield to rebuke !

They might be a symbol of pain 

Choose to love them all the same

You'll sit and reminisce one of these days

How they eventually became your gain

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