Persley Walled Garden

a walled garden surrounded by: one deer of an excitable disposition three vandals in top of the range trainers. a castleful of OAPs a constipation of traffic flown over by: arthritic pigeons with iron hinges a plethora of planes a sparrow which unaccountably dropped its nest smelling of: four star petrol assorted herbs slithered upon by: a spaghetti of worms an ooze of snails with: rising damp in the lawn which is shaved to a number one one coy tesco bag tucked under a hedge's wing a concrete pre-cast fountain with nozzle implants a thrush enjoying a cold collation of Red Thai chicken salad a rose's foreskin pulled back red and crinkly, releasing a single drop of wobbly dew and all marked out like a freemason's apron, measured and made precisely, like the Sun King's parterres. live workers tribute to dead workers resting in peace after the final whistle. A solitary ant crawls over a bag of crisps.