Sun, 6 September

RAIN GAUGE READING, SERVES ONE QUIET HOUSE INGREDIENTS 2mm rain, measured exact one villa, low and closed one lamp, left burning for no one one kettle, breathing fog against the glass one cat, dry, uninterested one hedge, uncut, cropped by the frame METHOD Hold the shutter open until the rain becomes thread. Let the gutters overrun before you call it morning. Do not wake the house. Let the amber square do the talking. Measure only what the brass gauge admits — nothing more. Serve cold, in silver light, with the cat abstaining.