If you still wonder why I
Say thank you
Then think on yesterday
Think on Donna Nook
The orchids
The meadows
The wobbly iron ladder
And the skeleton of a seal
Where otherwise
Would I have been
A computer screen
A television
A glass of lager
A cigarette
A sandwich
A stony single bed
And the no hope
Of another new deal
If then still you wonder
Think on nature’s riches
There instead
Two people holding hands and laughing
Three people
Each with a camera
With a photographic bent
And a moth
Straight out of its cocoon
Stories of
The beach edge watchtower
Cups of tea and scorecards
While practice bombs are dropped
From the Collection I Suppose You could Call It Country, available on Kindle