Where’s my Rattan Overcoat?

Pete Spence

where’s my rattan overcoat? i have

things to say tonight at the basket

weaver’s AGM! how find anything

for that matter in this dish of haste!

i never thought my collection of toothpicks

could take up so much room! where’s

my snail shell rimmed spectacles

my echidna gloves! maybe i should

resume my search at high tide!

can i find my snakeskin snorkel!

here’s my sunglasses made of smoke

now that’s a find even though summer

is over & glaring at someone else

burning the edge of their rock pile