Scrabble on the slipway like
A dog making for the water
Caught too far from the river’s edge
Expecting solitude at that hour
The otter observed unhurried once
Back in the element supported
On welling untraceability
Swam away into its comfort
Martin Potter is a poet and academic, and his poems have appeared in Acumen, The French Literary Review, Eborakon, Scintilla, and other journals. His pamphlet In the Particular was published by Eyewear in December 2017. Read more at https://martinpotterpoet.home.blog.
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