joes kiosk

i'm sitting outside joes kiosk at henley sheltered from the wind and sun

eating a banana icecream in a cone because pat's just bought me one

it's a double-decker and i think about the ethics of throwing half of it away

because i really only want a little one today


the ferry doesn't go from lucky bay now did you know

says pat licking her unintentionally smaller boysenberry cone

that means when sue drives over she will have a lot further to go

but she's like you it doesnt bother her she just goes with the flow


i am going with the flow i'm looking out to the horizon at the light

shining glinting thickly teeming silver fishes all moving to the right

they're undulating on the surface of the water and they're bright

and silvergold and squirming and their sides are nearly touching and they might