Saturday, June 13, 2020

Damn It, Return My Calls!


I’m pissed, tired of waiting, my phone calls

not returned by management or maintenance.

I pay my rent on time and expect a call back

in return.


There is a big pile of dried brush and dead

branches beside my patio in the back yard.

It was left there by two maintenance men

who cut it away to get at a faulty air condi-

tioning unit which needed to be replaced

(not mine but the neighbor’s next door).


Anyway, the eye sore and potential fire hazard

has been baking out there in 90 degree heat

for two damned days, and no one has come to

clear it away.


I am concerned that some fool will pass by and

torch it, and the conflagration will set the apart-

ment building on fire. And no one in management

I’ve left messages for has had the courtesy to

return my calls.


I was in a fire at this same complex a couple of

year prior. Some idiot set a carport ablaze at

2 AM in the morning. And since it was attached

to the building, the whole works went up in smoke,

parked cars and all. I Barely escaped with my life

that night.


I figure management is consumed with better things

to do, like text messages to family and friends, or re-

sponding to Facebook entries, Googling or Tweeting

about their useless lives in corporate America today.

Who can say?


All I know is, no one will return my calls while a huge

pile of combustible debris is out there waiting for some

pyromaniac to ignite it, and jump up with orgasmic glee

as the entire complex erupts into flames.


I can almost smell the smoke right now.


                                    -30-

Chris Hanch 6-13-2020



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