I spent the night with
an old friend
a new friend
someone who has been named
after a Moorcock’s novelwe saw humanity
in a stray cat chasing a mouse
in a dozen rats escaping a trash can
but
not in the way we treat migrants here
wandering around
Jaurès, Stalingrad
behind police vehicles
living in the same world as ours
sharing steps with us
desperately shadows
dreaming about whales too