Windowsills

Picturesque Valley Road, Heeley

These are

things

people have
on windowsills

on Valley Road

and some on 
Brooklyn

a sleeping cat
in black and white

two small dogs,

barking at me

and then at each other

an empty vase

like a large

upended aubergine

a stained glass tablet
propped against the pane
featuring
a church
beneath

an abstract sunset

a blue acrylic dragon
breathing
red acrylic fire
from its nostrils

another cat

mackerel
also sleeping

an alabaster sculpture
four inches tall

that gives the impression

of a couple embracing
two round heads
and encircling arms

a scrap of paper with

a shopping list
written in a ragged hand
in blue pen
including bacon
bread
and butter

a sticker sign 
that has peeled from the glass
warning that

all 
our belongings

have been

postcode protected

a dead moth
lying on its back
with
its legs approaching
the air 
from beneath

a tray
of leggy seedlings
leaning towards
the sunlit street