juleps for all, extra mint...

jealousy

comes around

every once

in awhile.

is the shape of

a box, and solid.

straight edges meeting

in neat

creases.

women of the block

swallow pride.

chew envy as though

it were tobacco:

in hiding, and

away from the

children.

such a shame, that the neighbors found her temperament

so very disdainful, rubbed the creases of their eyelids and said "what a compounded disgrace."

after all, the fault was not hers in entirety: this was suburbia!

to covet was simply a slice of the game!

she wanted it all,

fine linens and teacups.

vacations in antigua for two!