We roll in an encyclopaedia of grasses –
flicked by a wind/ Your off-white blouse
is ripped open to burns [but not a hand
or eye] – enough has been imbibed – by
both of us – we filled before we left for a
walk over Firle/ No social distancing – or
other protective measures were taken in
our day’s exploration/ Idiots toss reams
of litter – they strew word of McDonalds
across a seen-it-all tumuli/ I bend – help
you up/ My eyes ache from map reading
& staring at you/ We revert to hill walking
Tag: litter
An Argument
I met a rare squabble
of sparrows –
an old controverse
being lost to us
as we cut back
and square off
the litter-flowering
hedges of England
Rosetta Met Her End
I never saw her selfies,
just those last few camera shots,
on her lonesome way
to 67P’s hardened rocks:
I’m sure she had worked well,
that little spacey probe,
but always doomed to crash
on an indurate comet’s slope;
a mess she must’ve made
on the speeding icy mass,
hurrah for humanity,
we’ve littered more of space!