THE CHIMNEY
A proud fat chimney squats on the roof of the house opposite.
It’s my chimney because I’ve noticed it.
It will become a point of reference for me for my having noticed it.
In its stillness is a large feline attitude.
It’s been watching the soap of our lives here for seventy years and it holds its judgement.
Crowned with generous rotund pots of dark orange it sits in a majestic dignified silence.
This morning its been watching me watching it watch me.
Indifferent to ennui and non-event its self contented demeanour sets an inspiring example.
People who prefer animals to people ought to try the inanimate
Its even less intrusive.
TIM SANSOM 4TH DECEMBER 2010
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