on Sunday

   On Sunday afternoon May 19 1968
I saw a senior citizen leak in the gutter
   in

Montreal Street Christchurch

opposite Pearson’s Laboratory
   & more or less
   behind the police kennels

She had her coat & dress hoisted up
   & her brown handbag held clear
   as the stream drained
   evenly through her underwear
   like straining jelly from apples

A slight steam rose at her feet
   & her lips were pursed
   like the fanny of an old ewe

I recall little else as it is not easy
   to observe some sights