Friday, 5 February 2010

AND THE WOODPECKERS CHASE

renewal and rebirth
spring awakens
groping her tentative shoots up through the earth
a ring of delicate snowdrops sprinkled like fairy dust
encircles the base of a hornbeam
sticky little buds
burst from the twiggy fingers and hands
of an overhanging chestnut
large flocks of great and long-tailed tits
busy themselves in the hedgerows
high up above
a sudden burst of machine-gun fire
ricochets around the woodland
a territorial warning shot
answered by an intruder
who attacks in spectacular fashion
an exploding missile flying in from left field
and the woodpeckers chase each other
in giddy circles through the treetops

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