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a squab on the pastures  (  a  p o e m  )

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a squab on the pastures

a squawk on the lane

as rivers are ringing

& swan is the rain


a puddle of rubble

a bucket of gust

as mud is the mother

& summer is dust


( as mud is the mother )

( & summer is dust )

( as mud is the mother )

( & summer is dust )


a hag in the hedges

a boar in the snore

as badgers are warring

& heather's the moor


a rat in the chapel

a hog on a broom

as loon's in the attic

& magic's the moon


( as loon's in the attic )

( & magic's the moon )

( as loon's in the attic )

( & magic's the moon )


or flop in a coppice

a hop in a copse

of oaken-cloaked rowan

& thicket in knots


a piss on a thistle

a cheese in a wheeze

as ants prance the samba

& dance pants the breeze


( as ants prance the samba )

( & dance pants the breeze )

( as ants prance the samba )

( & dance pants the breeze )


a beat in the bonnets

a croak in the code

as bees buzz a sonnet

& ode's in the toad


a squeak in the peaklands

a frog & a cough

a squab on the pastures

a peak in the troughs


( a squab on the pastures )

( a peak in the troughs )

( a squab on the pastures )

( & reader, fuck off )

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paper, scissors, stoat  (  a  p o e t r y  )

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smellevision sentinels

chapel chaffinch semaphore

seraphin & cherryade

duffle, ruffle, coat


blucher baker candlemas

whooper whitsun evensong

bobbin' hoods & friar flux

bantam, phantom, float


interregnum inner-sweats

roman roads & rowan trees

utnapishtin pirouettes

rub a tub & boat


fireflies & lemon thyme

polka dotted socrates

lady of the that's shallot

paper, scissors, stoat

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