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the light was on too long next door but I’m not one to pry so while I noticed it was on each time I stepped outside to smoke I mostly looked down at my phone and wrote a nosey neighbor poem at 7:36 AM the light was off I don’t know for how long I wasn’t watching not a stalker I’m just taking note when neighbors who don’t keep my hours keep their lights on it’s alarming or intriguing not enough for them to need me
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Jan 22
Jan 22, 2026 at 7:24 AM UTC
Too Late Nights
the light was on too long next door but I’m not one to pry so while I noticed it was on each time I stepped outside to smoke I mostly looked down at my phone and wrote a nosey neighbor poem at 7:36 AM the light was off I don’t know for how long I wasn’t watching not a stalker I’m just taking note when neighbors who don’t keep my hours keep their lights on it’s alarming or intriguing not enough for them to need me
sowhataustin
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33/M/American
Jan 22
Jan 22, 2026 at 7:24 AM UTC
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