death by nice

it's all quintessentially 

picturesque & quaint

warm brush strokes

the lord doth paint




thatched cottages for villages

lush meadows all around

a light breeze & birdsong

are oft the only sound




every reverend cycles

on the green - wicket keeping

cake sales & ginger ale

a chocolate labrador sleeping




inevitably green hills

generically idyllic

begging for mass murder

or failing that

a picnic

...







a hole in last thursday

there was a hole in last thursday

so bits of it leaked

into last friday

beyond last week

then into the future

yes the spillage did run

leaving traces in places

for decades to come

...




rural affairs

at first they were grazing in the greensward of the vale

then further plus gradient

over that dale





later somehow they managed to acquire passports

many sights their eyes saw

on their extensive world tour





then apparently they went all over the place

they plodded through time

they ambled through space





yes throughout existence with a moo they didst roam

but in last night's omen

the cows came home





forever

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