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lines re the laughter in the woods

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horned like the morning

striding on crunches

cornflake flooring

feet twig beneath

us two fools

in matching green cagoules

seeking a glimpse

of the nymphs or sasquatch

once grey rooftops

gave way to cloaked oak

there where the elfin

cracks us up like popcorn

robin hood’s hood

the lord of misrule’s old skool

in this cosmic copse

in his leafen universe

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trestle match

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undone in tongue

cloudy lemonade sky

ten past parsnips

when clocks then

orange squash with ice

ten mile amble

poundland socks

athlete’s foot spa

pepperoni possibly

pizza the puzzle

backdoor quiche

a flan in your back yard

marmite prevailed

garamond letterheads

table tennis elbow

six willow warblers

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& other plasma pals

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unbroken toes
velcro on both elbows
so the odd is off

greener than grass
yesterday’s grey sky
is stuck in the pantry

try diagonal
reallign us right
less trodden footpaths

those beyond the crossroads
the phantom first of many
last quarter moons

afternoons & mud baths
fruit bats & musical
obtuse interludes

beckon like cornflakes
or a flaming moth
& other plasma pals

risen is the oak
the birch is still a burk
pour more coffee

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brief refix

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stagnant stags standing
statuesque the stillness
uncracked eggshells

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then when before
that-a-way’s odd socks
& hot chocolate sachets

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music is the muse
of your long lost uncle
let the hedgehogs fly

~
super glue the curvature
unarrange the furniture
& lick a puddle’s ripples

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die each dream
the tangible’s a trickster
tangled in brambles

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the moon is out tune
all the chords sound cool now
owls agree with we

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us, the toffee suckers
under twilights treeline
badgering dawn

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