british hiking

20 Mar, 2025

i'm british hiking 
through another farm field
another motorway rush hour parallel and
another pheasant left unshot -
fated then left to die but
survived both seasons,
another bridleway to another hillside hamlet church 
from a path between churned up earth

but it’s only me i’m leading,
and i'm talking about one thing 
and saying another, 
again

big rat 
no rush
no ill will to the rat itself -
fine boy -
and is it only me i'm talking about? 
a delayed inclination, surprise -
the church is a farmhouse

and goldfinch remain gregarious
in this early late sunshine

other things said