I knew it was over when I saw that they were gone. My neighbors kept greeting cards taped to their door, a decorative addition to the matte black paint that covers the heavy wood. They only moved them twice; when it was time to put up a Christmas stocking, they moved most of them to the bottom, below the peep-hole. The second time, I knew they weren't coming back.
My neighbors have been moving out over the past week. And I'm going to miss them.
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