How to find things

Go early.
Flush blackbirds from hedges,
let the cat find warm trails
of hedgehog, pukeko,
quail.

Be mindful
of the hedgerows,
fringe dwellers,
dream keepers sweeping
night clear for day.

See the dew, settled
on the dessicated grass;
the lawn, adorned
with spiderwebs, mycelium,
a camp of one thousand tents.

See your nose, pinked;
your breath in small clouds.
feel your fingers
numbing.

Go where you flow to,
expecting nothing
but joy.
Let it be enough—

one fallen leaf,
one stem of summer grass,
one blackberry,
chilled overnight
in earth’s larder.