Day 312 of 2026
“Sunday Lid of Cloud, Unpegged”
SUNDAY, 4:40 P.M.
Christchurch, rear aspect.
Hose: coiled, unconsulted.
Peg: one, remaining. Line: wet to the thread.
Snail: in transit, bench slat, no appointment.
Hydrangea: holding every drop it was handed.
Cloud: low. Lid-like. Gradually conceding
one strip of lemon at the bottom edge,
as a man concedes a point he never argued.
Nobody called the washing in.
Nobody called.