It was a Sunday
At least for the first few moments of my morning stroll
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Then it became a Rainday.
Along the towpath Everyman and his dog
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Not to mention his wives and children
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Were heading towards Whitely Arches,
This elegance in iron, The grandeur of its architecture
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Its graceful outline spanning the canal.
You don’t agree?
Well, it was constructed by the same company who built the Sydney Harbour Bridge
No kiddin’.
I negotiate the puddles
Being careful not to kick the bucket
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And brush aside the Danger of Death warnings.
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To my left I catch a fleeting glimpse of foxes wearing green gloves
As they join battle for wall space
While Daisy and Fern cheerfully wave in the breeze.
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But ‘just like the ivy I’ll cling to you.’
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My Fairy Lady atop her barge meows
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And goes in search of Owl
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So they can both ‘go to sea in a beautiful pea green boat.’
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She doesn’t have far to look and I stop for a moment’s Indulgence
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And draw up a chair to the sewing table, so neatly placed
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But the Craft Snail has beaten me to it, so, feeling cross stitched
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I repair to a stone bench and sink into its mossy arms.
The sign tells me I’ve still 25 miles to go so I stop to hitch a ride.
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If I were brave
I could paddle my own canoe to New Zealand,
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But I’m not.
I spy a nearby car
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And try to attract the driver’s attention ‘but answer came there none.’
So I’ll ‘sail away for a year and a day to the land where the Bong tree grows.’
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It eyes me steadily and I retreat
And head for the Promised Land at the end of the rainbow
But like everything else at the moment it’s in shreds.
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