Friday, 17 April 2026

#2300 -- the struggle for crumb is work of a mouse

 


Andrew Hitchen's poster


2300

7.107

18.iv.26

the struggle for crumb is work of a mouse

 

the crocodile lies in wait

 

watch your feet    

or learn to fly

 

we polish the hubcaps here –

a casino!

luck is trying us

 

Alice met a chicken-sized gnat

the conversation went like this

 

nice to fail if only if

 

treetop, cloud and still

 

echo of shed dog

barking daylight

out of season

 

the downpour chill

 

moon for a sliver set east

 

you couldn’t have dreamt this up

 

kept on

guess a way

by hoof, by cloven paw

 

thought it might have been another day

was hot on the trail of some heavenly body

 

and so you find me

at a languish

 

if not one thing then

 

I have been that mouse

whisker and crumb

 

a tunnel through moons of cheese


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