Hi Arthur,
Excellent revision! I just knew you'd fit right in with the other
Garbologists in Gary's neck of the woods. :O)
CW, Mary
--- Arthur <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Another Bloody Spring.
>
> I want to walk and sing
> for when its spring,
> that's what poets do,
> but here, on common ground,
> is rotting litter all around
> and something loathsome on my shoe.
>
> Pages torn from some old catalogue,
> crushed lager cans, the offending dog,
> spike-haired swains that leer
> at sudden breasts, modest as snowdrops.
> Screams, an obscene shout, the children play.
> Bev's a slag and Gaz is gay
> the new graffitis sneer.
> The cruising police car does not stop.
>
> What blossoms shake in this cold breeze
> then twinkle down to rot in silent streets?
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