David Caddy
Laxity Becomes Leakage
Breeze accumulates heat as desire.
Creeping across the estate
-owls roost-
moisture clings.
Gunk-soaked fog
bloats and blags with bite
keeping in, letting little out,
stains more than the big house.
Alert to retched fumes, forgetfulness,
sinking into conformity, spluttering
fed on the stench of yawns.
Feet twisting on grit.
At least the drug dealers wont
be breaking into houses tonight.
Laxity becomes leakage and spillage
becomes upturned fish and cattle.
A distinct muddy shaft
curves without obvious presence
through the copse, dips leftward
and courses with the river.
Rest on that quality threshold
oak, ash, willow in that warm
place where bodies tug, press
together, seed, move on.
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