mockingbird consumes the world
every smile and laugh that passes
each twist of head and glint of eye
the frowns and cries
of every passerby

mockingbird tells stolen jokes
pick-pocketed from the unwary
and decorates his nest with neighbour’s eye

‘thank God for all of you’
is the only original call put forth
‘for what would i be without the other?’

nothing but a mirror in the dark