Pantry interloper

12.11.95

in the store
movement
twitch and flick
flee and hide
dark and still

the curl of a long tail
careless

proof
droppings proof
black torpedo shapes

oats digestive biscuits sugar
soft tea towels
shreddings paper shreddings
tucked in boxes
tucked up corners
-
blue grain
small tasty bright
stepmother to Sleeping Beauty
Lethe's gift
-
scuttling
noisy clumsy
tailcurl lax

leaden foot
belly trail
back hunch
tail hang

stupor

caught
eye-pinned
evil eye looking
casting spells of guilt
pain

field mouse
into bucket
out to die

eye watching
guiltspell

copyright 1995 Charlotte Peters Rock

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