Dumping Ground


Rowdies from Cathay burst in growling 
oriental chainsaw rap about 
a cherry blossom spelling peril:
silver trembles gall on emerald leaf 
schisms split the sky wide open
rents increase on the picket line

flaked out in gauze tropospheres 
seek out sedation
sifting though space junk 
plunder in the sparse first light
chocolate rooftop silhouettes
opposite form a rhombus corpus
each a pollarded alp 
sprouting crumbly chimney stumps
decapitated toblerone
topped off by a crack'd pot daws
rigid khaki wrack stacks wobble precariously perched these jackdaws squawk and watch their stick burden cast away
down a crumbledown amblesided mountain
as if they were idle eagles 
Under which roof a
little fat boy wants out 

Cader Idris sizzles
protesting the right scree 
flurries overlap
to reek havoc & rage & rumpus 
prospect of an avalanche
confined to poxy screenplay 
dross deemed unfit for family fun
sat cross legged zapping seagulls 
winging blackbirds drives folks hopping mad
grinding anthracite briquettes 
coal shed solitary
modest refinement
converting them to coking coal 
hatching audacious escape plans
sudden urge to defaecate 
running out of temper
silence compromised by

HYACINTHS
Oh Calcutta coal shed…                                                                                                      Paradiddle raindrip on porchway
overflowing gutters—

an ardent dew fell overnight

Farley Hill rests in peace
The mossy pitch left to merge