A River of our Children's Future
The river snakes through the living room
A shelf holding memories of drier days aloft
Small Fry munching through the carpet fronds
Stalking a take away, a shrimp wipes its feet at the front door
A beach creeps up the stairs with each passing decade
Lulled onto the sand a crab starts to burrow
A nesting squirrel watches amused from the landing above
The clawed creature retires with a bruised insight to better quarries
Driftwood jamming the back door open
A fridge door sways within the mercurial flow
The high tide swells up against the white speckled back wall
Hungry shells welcome with open mouths the twice daily culinary bounty
A chummy dogfish curled up within a television shell watching teenagers antics
Multi-coloured algae decorate walls in abstraction
A winged form flashes through the corridor snatching a pond skater
How damp is damp, climate in the making
When the water levels rise life will continue, where children once lived and played
Author: Kevin Wright
Photo: NOAA on Unsplash
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