Indoor jungle

Florence, France, 2021.

Indoor jungle

What a jungle! I progress like a tiger, through leaves and vines without a sound; my quarry cannot be far, almost there, I feel it so close, just behind those fronds, I prepare to pounce but… my prey doesn’t take flight? It has seen me yet stays still, eyes closed, awaiting my breath on its skin. Paralysed by fear? Oh no, I suddenly catch on. I am that prey !