Thirteen

a black cat, skittering from the bushes to the house,
a lamppost, with its light flickering ominously, bordered
by hedges and greenery at the side of the pavement

the construction worker’s ladder propped against a chain link fence,
wind whistling through the small gaps, wobbling ever so slightly
as the black cat skitters through, and an owl hoots overhead

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prompt 13/30: unlucky