What was That!
I didn’t hear a car
But
Wasn’t that
Someone at the door?
Someone tapping
Someone who’s come
All This Way
Just To See Me.
I wonder if it’s...?
Or maybe...?
Or even...!
By the time I get there
They were gone.
The telegram man
The supplicating agent
The nubile researcher from the BBC.
No envelopes.
No messages.
Just a couple of hens
Pressed up
Against the glass
Grinning all over
their silly
skinny
beaks.