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London Park

There are islands
in the sea of noise, traffic and marketing -
Green spaces
where trees stand impossibly, fighting for light
With urban wildlife
foraging for scraps from those who have plenty.

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He sits,
round glasses and blond baldness
One cigarette, then another, possessions all around
There's a watch, shorts and a bag-body -
another cigarette is lit and he watches alert
from the corner of Queen's Park.

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Red, white, orange, yellow -
roses and buildings grow together
stunted by what's around and beneath.

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