The dew dragged that giant slug from
the retaining wall again last night
Perhaps he was indecisive
on the up/ down question
Perhaps he has a one-second memory
and constructs his journeys randomly
Perhaps he was lost
Perhaps he just wanted to leave me
a silvered graph of yesterday’s
All Ordinaries Index
(originally published Mascara Literary Review May, 2011 and Friendly Street Poets website. Anthologised in Flying Kites, Friendly Street Poets #36, ed. Judy Dally & Louise McKenna, 2012.)
http://www.mascarareview.com/article/340/rob_walker/