Poem - MAG Poetry Prize 2010
Wounded Bird
by
Abergavenny, UK
Unable to sleep, I rise at five
and open the curtains. Nearly dawn.
All is still, save
a solitary plastic bag
trapped by the railings,
fluttering like a wounded bird.
The street is bleak, shops dark,
their doorways eyeless chasms.
In one, by Jones the Jewellers,
is a bundle, a bundle of rags.
A small black cat, with one torn ear
snakes down the street, in and out.
She rubs against the bundle in the doorway.
A thin hand reaches out from the rags.
But the window is closed,
I can't hear! I can't hear!
But maybe a voice, rusty with abuse,
tells her she's a good cat.
Whatever, the cat struts on, tail high,
painting the street with sunlight.
Added: 15.12.2009
06.05.2010
"rusty with abuse", love that sound.
26.05.2010
Nice observation piece.