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Not Averse
cyclamen in purple bursts kiss compost
mushroom-tiled and moss-gilded
a summerwake heap of sawdust and soil
misting in the middle of a cracked caramel carpet
a burial mound where boots crunch beech nuts
and heave clods of wet grass.
cowbwebs catch on tongue and mesh eyes
blinking on a pimpled trunk
snail-spotted and blooded
by stagnant recess overfull trickling
downwards to slug lickings on empty bird box
with flightless eggshells mouldering.