23:24 · back of the garden, beyond the apple
not quite walking — drifting at the pace of someone considering
something. between the two firs, then past them. it does not
lift the catch on the gate; the gate has not been opened from
that side since the house was sold.
a fox would be lower. a person would be louder. a deer would
have already left. it is none of those, and none of those is
missing.
garden ·
garden walk ·
the window ·
the bell ·
midnight
— there was no dew disturbed where it had passed.