Poem 201
More snakes and water – I included this in my homemade collection Smalls …
( I like the way this succinctly and elegantly builds a picture of the (roadworks) scene so you see the things I don’t mention as well as the things I do – maybe that’s as good a definition of poetry as any … and isn’t rind a perfect word … )
Green Hose
The green hose is not the snake throwing coils across the wet road only the rind stiff and sluggish the workman turns the tap now the serpent shows itself quick and slippery through the dust into the drain