From the Fishouse

The book is open.

Can you hear

and see

the cricket?

Listen.

It sounds as if

someone is rubbing

the bristles

of two combs together.

Look closer.

Legs are struggling

like an upside down fly,

like a blinking eyelash.

Touch it.

And you will feel

its tiny hairs.

There is a letter

on the page

that has bent legs.

Before you close

the book

let it leap off the paper.