Slant   (for Joe Massey)


wind
wrung
leaves un-

weighted,
unravel

day light clears heather
frayed fast along track
through spoil

in honeysuckle
light

cat piss
woven
slantly

black bird thrown back a-
gainst
cold guttering
sky

snatch of
sun be-
neath
buzzard
hung
light

wind
cracking
black branches
back,

rough gusts,

troughs, slack-

ing off