Up at five as usual

The sky in pale blue

Reflecting the sea

I am a naked

I always am

It is more comfortable

The cat is in the process

Of killing a poor mouse

The back door is open

It seems keen to share its prize

I am not so keen

Sadly I am unable to save the mouse

Really I should have stayed in bed

But my dreams are now real

Coffee shorts and a shirt

I am sitting near the Japanese garden

Which is always delicate

No matter the hour

Birds are beginning to populate the sky

They are not singing

As if in their dreams

I am happy here

This is the fourth heatwave

Of an amazing summer