a biscuit
and a cold nose
in my palm
 

a gaggle 
of geese unzips the 
summer sky
 

subway steps –
a steep ascent
to the moon
 

spider’s web
maps the wrinkles
on his face
 

starless sky . . .
the sniffings of
a fox
 

Steve Mangan is a semi-retired careworker from the UK living as an ex-pat in Turkey.