This is what faced me when I looked out my back window.

photo by Temple A. Stark

Before I could grab the camera and snap, the sign that was up on the wagon, that would have made it a better photo fell. It says, “Toxic Waste.”

It appeared there overnight. I got close enough to see the fallen sign also said “Stay Away, Stay Away.” It’s written on the back of a box for a half rack of Natural Ice.

And if it wasn’t for my new neighbors I wouldn’t have been very freaked out at all. And I would have gone up and fixed the sign and taken another picture.

But our new neighbors have new cars coming in and out frequently. Yesterday morning two women I hadn’t seen before came out and drove away in a car with an obviously very flat front tire.

And at some point I’ll call the police on them, I have no doubt. But I didn’t want to deal with it all today. A little while later, I saw the wagon moved up behind a car that had been parked there, nearer the neighbor.

There was also a big splash of white powder I noticed when I took the first picture.

photo by Temple A. Stark