Reality check

There is that little boy. He looks like a cat

surrounded by toothless bloodhounds.

There are houses. They look like castles

made of  coloured wax. There are fig trees.

They look like drunken soldiers. There are

clouds. They look like exuberant gods in

speedboats. There is the daily news on TV.

It looks like a Tom & Jerry cartoon. There

are a father and a mother. They look like

the pawns of a chess game. There is a god.

He  looks like the coach of his football

team. There's this life. It looks like an old

parable in which water changes into wine.