A View from a Room Gail Hennessy #25

A View from a Room

 

wail of traffic
an engine revs on a gear shift
tyres press on tar

 

footsteps of a man
leading the padding paws of
a low to-the-pavement dog

 

mynahs strut on yellow
stick legs, yellow eyes colour-coded
outlined in a circle of kohl

 

the scrape of a decaying gate
sound of steel coils stretching

 

pause on the granite step
your tread light on the stairs

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Gail Hennessy 2016.