picture_this_in_a_driftwood_frame
sabbie
on
a
warm
summer
afternoon
in
the
heat
hazed countryside,
on
a
dusty
brick
wall
that
has
been
slowly
sinking
back
into
the
earth
over
the
years
since
it
has
been
built
,
like
a
grandmother
settling
more
comfortably
in
her
chair
, lounges
the
metallic
citycat
in
the
dappled
shade
.
the
sun
,
the
trees
,
the
summer
sky
are
all
reflected
and
refracted
on
her
chrome
sides
,
seemingly
a
modern
version
of
plato's
cave
. citycat contentedly
but
carefully
arches
her
back
(
a
little
care
must
be
taken
when
stretching
on
top
of
a
crumbling
wall
,
even
for
a
citycat)
and
then
she
settles
back
to
continue
her
favourite
pastime
of
this
afternoon
,
simply
watching
the
two
fynned.fishes
drifting
dreamily
around
the
pond
below
weaving
in
and
out
of
green
leafy
weeds
and
sailing
around
submerged logs.
the
fynned.fishes
open
and
close
their
mouths
, communicating
with
each
other
in
their
own
secret
language
of
gracefully
formed
bubbles
that
float
slowly
to
the
roof
of
their
world
. citycat
knows
if
she
listens
carefully
when
the
bubbles
break
on
the
surface
of
the
pond
she
can
hear
the
ribbons
of
their
poetry
emerging
from
the
depths
like
sacred
incense
smoke
coiling
from
an
altar
to
the
gods
.
011125
...
farmfish
i
have
seen
this
and
know
it
well
.
011204
what's it to you?
who
go
blather
from