Beside The Trees, Deciduous
Clouds cling – fast.
The dog’s bark ricochets in waves that break ‘gainst seagull’s calling.
A finely crafted lot of letters nailed into its door, the room, so full in retrospect, slept – spacious; silent.
The walls of mud-made brick that bind and shape the space they share start to compress – contracting in upon themselves; sharp shuddering.
Outside, upon the paved ‘n railing-ringed walk – sheltered – way, where Sunday patrons sit, the sun, through th’river’s auld reflection sings on th’wooden slats below the Cascade Steps.
Under the patchwork canopy that catches falling rain…