A lick of water
A lick of water threatens to breach the studio doorgentle rhythmic rainincessantly swells this un-natural lake
A lick of water threatens to breach the studio door
gentle rhythmic rain
incessantly swells this un-natural lake
an over-flowing pothole
debris-laden and unwieldy
as the water-lick snakes and wibbles
a stray rabbit
worries its way
wet-furred
knocking into tree stumps
tripping precariously
one trembling foot
seeking solid earth
only to find a nothingness
yellow-blur eyes
almost concealed
by bulbous infected fleshiness
twitch, screw, in blind fear
unconcerned
at human nearness,
frantic in sick confusion
its sopping ailing flesh
may find peace
in the swelling water-lick
gorging up its near-lifeless body
as new debris
to breach the studio door
Nikki Batten