Tuesday 9 May 2023

Wake Watch


This is just an exercise in attentive listening....

The hum of stillness

sizzling in my ears


dog breathing like a bellows

opening and closing


car engine expands and recedes

I follow it to a pinpoint


I scratch my head 

to the rhythm of pendulum


neck crackles

like eggshell splitting


in the far kitchen a rustling

of dog or rook or fox


crockery clanks

at the swoop of winged alarmum


and your raucous cough from the bed

clearing the air


Copyright 2023 Cathy Leonard All rights reserved

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