if, against the rush of
our Monday workday,
beside an alleyway trash bin
and the city’s inevitable detritus –
empty pint glasses, kebab wrappers,
an errant wool scarf –
in this crystalline winter sun
we discover a sooty yellow cat lazing
unperturbed within such warmth, within such
simple dawn-light contentments.
Steve Wilson's poetry has appeared in numerous journals and anthologies; as well as in six collections, the most recent entitled Complicity (2023). He lives in San Marcos, Texas.