because life thrives here
By the River on Friday Evening
I catch a heron and a dragonfly at play
A striated heron fidgets by the edge of the water
Silver bodies of fish flash in the shallows
but no
the heron darts at the dragonfly
which hovers tantalisingly close before flying away
The bird ignores the fish
the way I ignore fruit
and reaches for the dragonfly
the way i reach for a packet of crisps
on a cool Friday evening at home.
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