Views From A Window

Please don't disturb the crane fly on the window She is watching a leaf dance solo in autumn's ballet Bitten by the cold, a grey dog soft as wormwood Limps along to the house with the green shutters A car stickered with saltires, Offers its own declaration of independence Rain is writing apologies in drops Sorry sorry sorry down the window A procession of people in hats, shuffle along the pavement A student swipes her i-pad, security blanket Her lover trots beside her, a dutiful dachshund Tail-enders trickle to school Each child a footnote in somebody's family story Each mother dispenses sweets like an usherette A spider twirls down from her dream-food catcher A dying fly hokey-cokey's in gossamer threads