Leaning in

Photo of a gum tree on the sidewalk, leaning across the road.

The leaning tower
of South Australian suburbs:
ancient eucalypt.

Care

photo of a person watering the plants at the Singapore international airport, with words on the back of his t-shirt reading, 'plants make people happy'

Some water, some food,
delivered daily with care;
humans and their plants.

Leadership race

Photo of a monkey on a parapet wall, its mouth open in a call to other monkeys.

Wailing to its kind
monkey seeks tribal support—
election campaign.

Attention

photo of a shooting star between two tall buildings

Humans are busy—
desperate for attention,
the sky drops a star.

Comfort

Photo of a pair of leg warmers, one with a big hole where the heel should be.

Gifts from a loved one:
things with gaping holes in them;
we cling to comfort.