The Leaves...

The leaves move randomly in the wind.
A fly floats through them.
A tabby cat with matted fur lies in the window
protected by security equipment:
a dark, felt-tipped creature.
Kids yell home from school.
You just glide along!
The little girl rushing screams.
A man in dogstooth slips in steady trading.
He staggers his wife in the fur jacket
a step behind blurred by frosted glass.
It’s something to do y’know -
somewhere to go.
Their conversation, hard to understand, ends in laughter.
Fading words.
Curves and doodles.
Two names written twice.