this morning #1978.

this morning, while i sat on the front porch having a cig & waiting for my ride to show up, muffled sounds of shouting began to leak out of my new neighbor’s house. two angry men trading rants. long pauses in between. this went on for ten minutes. then there was a loud bang & the shouting stopped. a gunshot? perhaps. never heard one in real life so i can’t be sure. i stubbed out my smoke. decided to wait for my ride inside. peeked out through the blinds. watched as a short, frantic man burst out of the house & hurried into a car parked in the driveway before speeding off. a few minutes passed. no one else came out. my ride arrived. we agreed that work could wait. that we could be late. went next door to investigate.