Anna Couani #199 the street

the sun is blazing through the gallery window

we talk in the shade near the wall

the artist prefers to sit on the floor

young parents walk past with toddlers

to the pre-school kindergarten down the road

the garbo’s drop by for a coffee across the road

and empty the street bins on the way

a spiky seed falls from a street tree

a couple of kids jigging school

come downhill

one on a skate board

the other racing behind

the guy with the straw hat walks past, waves

from the outside

taking photos

the reflection of clouds is superimposed

over the open bird cage

the artist’s hats are visible in the mirror