Kit Kelen #168 - by appointment to HRH Antechinus

168

by appointment to HRH Antechinus

little mouse

in your nest of straw

for whom the world's

one inch of night

and nowhere else

but where you go

how do you dream today?

of leaves and colour

next of breath

of the weather coming, kin

of insects delicate to crush

a dry indoors and breeding

prairie to cross

and just these shreds of sail

all beak above and whimper

sun drills through your skull

some days

o never o never raise eyes

let the jungle be

even to tin!

the million memories

are seasons passed

all sniff and whisker now

every marsupial interest

made miniature in yours

so delicate and slow of paws

in the morning Her Highness Antechinus

must needs be turned outdoors