. . . all Creatures Great and Small
18" x 24"
acrylic / canvas

What great design and palpable stamp
are in me
as I against the red bricked wall
lean wondering as the rain streaked cat
lopes to his quarters dry and simple.

Small creature unaware of Tuesday night
or clusters of stars with significant names
or invisible worlds where eternal solutions
just wait for the finding....
if you just knew.

But you don't....
You know shelter and scratching
and food in a bowl.
So you leave me and scurry
while I stand damp by the bricks
feeling wise and germane.

Yet deep in my bone
beyond greatness and truth and
images of worth....
I think but of shelter and scratching
and food in a bowl.