SNAIL'S
TRAIL
Reversing
the snail's trail
the
gardener's dull feet rub out
the
shiny, slimy dew
and
make a path for work
to
enter the early garden.
Next
reluctant dogs and later
hasty
children criss cross criss the lawn
so
many ways and lead us for the day
into
knotted webs of domesticity.
Copyright Ruth
Hartley 1980? Independence Avenue, Lusaka
