The Road to Nowhere
\nby cricketjeff on October 2, 2021.\u00a0 \u00a9 Jeff Green, All rights reserved
\nAt the bottom of the garden, through the rotting wooden gate;
\nDown the lane, that’s deeply rutted, where the local foxes mate –
\nThere’s a road, that goes to nowhere and it goes the long-way round
\nPast the stream we fished for tadpoles and the treasures that we found.
\nOn the bridge, so long and narrow, you just hope you’ll never meet
\nOther cars, or ancient tractors hauling hay or sugar beet.
\nThen around another corner there’s a hill they’ve tried to hide
\nAnd a field of happy ponies that few children ever ride.
\nNow the road winds ever higher and the scene becomes a view
\nAcross an ancient wooded valley and a town that isn’t new.
\nAt the top there’s room for parking, for a picnic and a tea,
\nI’ve a kettle, stove and teapot that I always bring with me.
\nNow the other side is tricky, even steeper than the first,
\nIt is always rather muddy where the ditch’s banks have burst.
\nIn between two towering hedges we approach the final bend
\nAt a road that goes to somewhere, where my favourite road must end.
\nI turn left and keep on driving, just a quarter mile more
\nAnd I’m back where I first started at the cottage’s front door!<\/p>\n
Author notes
\nI haven’t driven down it for years but we were only a few miles away last week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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