Tollerton

Tollerton

(The Devils Elbow arm of the Grantham Canal near Nottinghamshire Airstrip at Tollerton)

The Nottingham landowner,
Mourns the demise with an Avenue
Of Ypres trees.
Pitted against the skyline with the tack of craters.
An unmistakable glacial sea hollow
25 miles wide
Slowed down to a different pace.
Aside the narrowing rifling holes.
Luxury friends,
Insects fluttering in silk.
Rocks have rained unnaturally indoors.
Here you are unmistakably flat,
But collapsed too.
Its a useless sculpture,
Never used for a purpose.
So uniformly English.
The Funeral,
Romanticized,
Getting away with murder.
The Daddy long legs arrived and gone,
Within in a day.
Simple creations never used.

3rd June 2005