Absence of kingfisher

It flashed across the canal

Like something fired

From a psychedelic starting gun

Azure, orange and metalled aqua

There, then gone

In millipedes of a second.

 

Blast that dog!

The camera was in my hand

My lens expectant

And now I’m wondering how to tell

The folks on Blipfoto and facebooktm

About another failure to snap

A kingfisher in repose.