(<\/i>after an artwork by Samuel Van Hoogstraten)<\/i><\/p>\n
How we like this eavesdropping with alternating eyes,
\nand how he planned just what we\u2019d see from either side.<\/p>\n
The dog would always be looking at us, the cat, arching its back,
\nand the conspiratorial busts were above all this, either fixed<\/p>\n
or floating, depending on where you were. That tame hawk,
\npoised at the open cage door is too timid to fly and the putti<\/p>\n
snuggle into their wings for comfort. He\u2019s dropped a letter on the stairs.
\nDoes it hold clues? And the key, out of reach, tantalises.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s meant to. I\u2019m speaking with insider knowledge.
\nYou thought that was me at the table, cornered by men<\/p>\n
in tall hats. You thought it was me who mopped those tiles where shadows
\nare slopped like dirty water. How we like this eavesdropping,<\/p>\n
my sister and I, to see them frozen in mid-squabble about where
\nwe\u2019ve gone. The artist winks, at how he\u2019s trapped them, how he\u2019s set us free.<\/p>\n
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(after an artwork by Samuel Van Hoogstraten) How we like this eavesdropping with alternating eyes, and how he planned just what we\u2019d see from either side. The dog would always be looking at us, the cat, arching its back, and the conspiratorial busts were above all this, either fixed or floating, depending on where you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[312,315],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n