The Auspices

You underestimate yourself
when you open your mouth I listen
these offerings, your mere crumbs
if I told you how they fill me up

It's spring and the geese are coming in to land

I love the clumsy way they hit the water
just how do they get here
so hungry and astonished?
Imagine it, three thousand miles or more travelled

And I swore I’d never write

another out-fishing poem
but this is what I'm doing…
up to my waist in water and
wishing I had the skill to let you see it

Open your mouth

if you say the word bruised
then that's how gudgeon might taste
if they were big enough to eat

I see you picking bones from your teeth

or grabbing a handsome book from your shelf
everything is moving

in its intended direction
and yes – you underestimate yourself

*Daniel Adey lives in Birmingham, England. When he is not busy tending to robots he is out amongst trees, with his family.  Occasionally he might write a poem or two.