lunchtime
\nby cricketjeff on December 5, 2008.\u00a0 \u00a9 Jeff Green, All rights reserved
\nIn soft December sunshine the canal is shining bright
\nA narrow boat is lazing on its way
\nTo see if I brought breadcrumbs that old goose is taking flight
\nWhile moorhens never seem to want to play<\/p>\n
The bridge that sings with echoes hides a pair of spooning swans
\nWhile on the grass the sparrows scrub around
\nThe mallards seem to wait for love, a gang of hopeful Johns
\nWhile seagulls fight for every scrap that’s found<\/p>\n
The Cornish pasty in my hand is hot and filled with beef
\nI feel the gravy running down my chin
\nA blackbird keeps an eye on me he wants to be a thief
\nHe thinks he’ll pinch my pasty for his kin<\/p>\n
The footpath that I have to take leads back to urban noise
\nThe afternoon is calling me to go
\nThe playground of a local school is filled with girls and boys
\nA break in learning all there is to know<\/p>\n
It’s scripts and tips and what’s gone wrong, and can I put it right
\nNot sonnets filled with love and thoughts of you
\nA few more hours of this and that before it’s home at night
\nTonight there’s better things that I can do<\/p>\n
Author notes
\nFor those not from round these parts a moorhen is a small ducklike bird<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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