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Inter-mammalian blessing amid the shadows of the ruins of Minster Lovell hall

the sunlight springs off the riverwater
and transforms itself into
a shoal of golden bees
adancing amid the shade
of the notsofar riverbank
of the merrily idling Windrush


we lie under an oak of a thousand greens
and
with my front door key
I slowly, slowly prise at each
toothedfold of the beerbottle top
until it finally condescends to
welcome me in with a bottletop grin:
Badger Brewery Golden Champion Ale


I raise the bottle to the evening summer air
and propose a toast
to badgers everywhere
that they may be as happy as the sunshine
and have many many children



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