It's Still Life

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woke to rain.
the roof is under the weather.

lunch: the bread’s mouldy
so opened a tin.

the roof made soup.

bread goes in the caddy
with the fish bones
and the orange peel.

compost.

a squirrel is digging a hole
in the lawn.
hiding something
it will never find again.

3pm: the roof washed the dishes
and dried them, too.

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— from The Old Woman’s Weather

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