Canal water very cold today Dog with green muck stuck on long fur shakes with sparkly eyes and long yellow teeth concrete grin and black gums slobber, slobber, waggy tail, yap, yap, rattle of leash‐buckles and clips, broom, broom, getting near road now ‐ thinks: here canal, there road, and just beyond, the railway line ‐ wave my arm in the air like a mock combat practice my kung fu Don't tread in dog pooh