Traffic Jam/Manana

10 minutes counting the leaves on a beech tree So many! The beech tree is young She is flighty, but cold to flattery 5 minutes performing the Rorschach test on clouds Identifying an ephemeral Pekinese dog A nimbus of Bangkok lady boys A circus tiger leaps from a pearly cirrus A fairy fox skedaddles down a chute of white 3 minutes counting the deadheads In a hanging basket of flowers 2 minutes counting the birds, Crossing the sky-screen (3 seagulls.1 buzzard,10 crows) The beech stares at me woodenly We have much to learn from trees The ultimate maestros in the Spanish art of mañana