The dew dragged that giant slug from

the retaining wall again last night

 

Perhaps he was indecisive

on the up/ down question

 

Perhaps he has a one-second memory

and constructs his journeys randomly

 

Perhaps he was lost

 

Perhaps he just wanted to leave me

a silvered graph of yesterday’s

All Ordinaries Index

 

 

 

Appeared in Mascara Literary Review May, 2011 and Friendly Street Poets website.

Flying Kites, Friendly Street Poets #36, (ed. Judy Dally & Louise McKenna, 2012)

micromacro, Seaview Press, 2006