Robert Verdon, #167, Power

the mouse hides
in a windy corner
in withered weeds
each grass stalk looks thick as bamboo
the mouse hides
the velvet cat stalks, but it stalks a bird
then goes the other way
the mouse backs, does not turn
there is a crevice in the wall
large enough to escape through
the mouse, the worm, turns
the wall curves, but only the cat
knows that.