Linda McQuarrie-Bowerman
Mistaken Identity
Pulling into my driveway, I see
a willie wagtail beating a skink
to death on the pavement and
the skink wriggles free and the wagtail
grabs the frantic lizard, slams it
down down DOWN
and I mumble to myself
just when you think you know someone.
Linda McQuarrie-Bowerman is a poet happily living and writing near the beach in Australia with husband, fur and feather babies, and a permanently well-stocked wine cabinet