The Thrills of Suburbia
a two-sided ode to the outskirts
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2 min readAug 21, 2020
responding to Natassa Penn's poem I Hate the Suburbs
The Thrills of Suburbia
life in the burbs
isn’t all that bad
plenty of thrills
for this mid-age dad
big city living was
always overrated
stuffy, overpriced
people-saturated
I’ll take my sensible
sedan, any day
over a crosstown bus
or rickety subway
tree-lined jogging paths
open sky views
no jungle of high-rises
no death trap avenues
a backyard, wherein
my kids can roam free
their antics from my elevated
deck I oversee
no back-alley scuffles
to risk lacerations —
I limit my fights to
home owners’ associations
step aside, milk man!
I fetch my own proteins —
while flirting with soccer moms
down at the Walgreens …
