Grimbeau

Inside night rain,

walking titanium lino,

I wahwah wahwah wander,

smoking and sipping,

sloping and drooping.

Outside sodden fuchsias

Burst, brambles stalk

crazed hedgerows,

licked rosebushes wince,

nettles nestle

snuggling dockleaves.

Now Rain wanes,

a crooked hand appears

between salmon drapes,

eases the latch,

sending swoon done air

to soft green

dark dawn.