don’t you dare say marl

nothing deserves it

likewise heft or skirl

avoid them as you would

verdant

& if it’s evening keep it that way

don’t go with gloam

anymore than you would darkfall

darkfall being

like gloam

down there with

verdant

the sky can never again be azure

anymore than the stars above can twinkle

though sooner by far the stars above twinkle

than a sky ever again be azure

& if deny yourself mulch you must

then do so

mulch having about it the very vetch & sedge

& graunch to convey the earthy

itself a proposition of dubious provenance

wouldn’t you say

mulch?

it’s not down there with verdant

but it’s close

there’s a leatheriness survives i suppose

a compact sogginess

wet as mulch is

generally

Geraint Jonathan

(Wonderful images by CJA)