Poem #2,856 | There are rats the size of cats

There are rats the size of cats
round the back of Pells Pool –
rum-scurriors with little regard
for others
[at work on toss-off
& fallen birds] –
Bucks & does
fuck under rumpled sheets of
ivy within a stones throw of all
those rain-bent dog walkers –
We are promised milder air by
this weekend
[a sniff of spring
would be a welcome thing] –
I
counted four of those fuckers
last I was there –
my Room 101