KATHERINE MORICE Eavesdropping It’s rainingand you are name dropping. A man standsunder the eavesholding his hand out. Marx, Pavlov,Newton, Pythagoras. A dog waitswith her head cocked,calculating angles. Gravitydrags water towards us and your voice dragson and onuntil the pitch falls off. “Doppler!”I yell, over my shoulder. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Katherine Morice lives in Wellington and is currently a student at Victoria University. Return to 2002 contents >