clear, cool, pool

clear
cool
pool.

with water that tastes
of musty roots
and bits of leaf
and mossy rock

clear
cool
pool.

with water that smells
of cold fresh dawns
and tepid noons
and dusty dusk

clear
cool
pool.

and in a corner
by the log
half dragged onto
a sandy bank

he sprawls.

shot through the head.

rebel. informer.
brother. friend.

clear
cool
pool.

[published in blackmail press 26]