spring subversion (a compulsory rite) 2026

chiffchaff
£1 daffs
spring is
so naff.

‘look-at-me’
cherry tree
a seductress
in her lingerie

orange breast
builds nest
(toxic developer
like the rest.)

pastel
bluebell
smugly chimes
‘all is well’.

Twitter-made
dawn raid
nature is
getting laid

clocks nag
– jet lag –
in the fields
lambs wag

love betwixt
a tulip mix
Easter eggs
are for Netflix

light verses
dark. Thoughts.
we’ve survived winter
as forced rhubarb

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