arrow counting

With the arrow pointing left,

do you read one three two,

or two three one?

Photo: Door, Shamshuipo, Hong Kong

the road where we live

There is a gun club on the road where we live. 

The entrance has two puddles. Sky reflected.

Most of the time, sheep roam around

the unused targets.

Photo: Along Norfolk Road, Carterton, New Zealand

I've just been born

Don't bother me.

I've just 

been born.

Photo: Car cover, Hong Kong

Text: The opening of One or Two Things, by Mary Oliver

wet darkness

We went for a walk the other day and found 
a bench to deeply see this wet darkness.

Photo: Swamp at Fensham Reserve, Carterton, New Zealand

cattails

I grew up with cattails in one hemisphere, 

and here they are again, in another.

Photo: Cattails, Carterton, New Zealand