Baulked By A Persistent Robin…
A descending aircraft droned and sliced
Through the stillness
And enfolding dampness of dusk,
Yet it was the presence of a robin which
Startled and turned
A tremulous badger
Into hurrying and stumbling
Back down inside its sett…
A passing vehicle groaned and spliced
The evening sullenness
And scolding dankness of dusk,
Yet it was that territorial robin which
Skittered and spurned
The nervous badger
Into scrambling and fumbling
Deep down to rejoin its cete…
Pete Ray
16th October 2021
Two badgers appeared from different holes but the other individual, some metres away, seemed more wary of the distant clanking of a farm vehicle than the presence of the busy, fussy robin…
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