Traffic trundling
Laughter on the path
Planes score the sky
Jets tear the air
Traffic like a working sea
Chatter on the street
Human birdsong
As the crows percuss
The pigeons fuss
The squirrels freeze
The drills suddenly relieve
Builders banter
A cheeky fox canters
In the brazen sunshine
The drill resumes
The traffic waves roll on
Like a subtle ocean
The banter blags on
The scaffolders toll for thee
The bells of their poles
Clattering metalically
The jilted task
Unasking for a moment I am free
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Roddy McDevitt
Picture Louise McNaught
Picture Louise McNaught
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