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[l'azizza]

Good question!

To my left is alcoholic veteran. I thought I had made a connection with him one day last summer when I was out in the yard and he wanted to show me his new puppy. We seemed to be on the same page re: the responsibility of a pet, keeping her inside, etc. A few days later he was drunk in the front yard, was trying to train her to sit. She was on a leash, about eight weeks old. I looked through the fence. I wanted to say something like, you know they respond really well to praise (over criticism or punishment). I didn't say anything (my regret)- didn't know how to phrase it so that I wouldn't set him off. Not long after that I didn't see or hear the puppy anymore. I think he got wasted one night and killed her. I haven't seen him in weeks, I think he's in rehab.

On his left is G's abandoned house. My other neighbor L, to my right, reminded me that it's been three years since G went to prison and should be getting out soon. Pedophile- liked teenage boys. But the worst of it is that his background was public knowledge, we had seen the area sex offenders list. One of the boys' mother knew, but it didn't stop her from pimping out her sons for cash and trips to McDonald's.

L is raising her three grandchildren because their mother is in prison for meth. A few years ago she decided she wanted to go to school and will graduate with a BS this summer. She called me last week, said her g'daughter had let a couple of people into the house to use the phone and they stole her laptop. She wants to get out of here. Me too.