Friday, 3 October 2014

Feather and fur

You are a slippery customer
you know where to go, what to do
You are the ultimate outsider
the king of the pavement crew.
Swaggering like you’ve won the lottery
you have shadowed us for years
gnawing bones in the cemetery.
When we left the wood, you followed us here –
our golden predator. You saunter
as bold as brass across the lawn
then melt, like a dream, into the air.
You are our spectral visitor at dawn.
We seek you at night, but you are not there
Your remind us of what we once were

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