Get Pretty. Girl.

 

 

 

(i)    Taste. I can already smell something 

 

        Sweet. Entwined.  I know. As I have no doubt 

 

        Embedded. You know. That it is honeysuckle 

 

        Growing. Beneath. In the hedge it simply 

 

        Weaves in & Outside -

 

        As you stand there & look at them

 

        They are. Foreign. Very peculiar. You stand 

 

        Some distance. Moving. Away you cannot see 

 

        Them clearly. Girl. That’s w h y  h o n e y s u c k

 

        l e  has  d e v e l o p e d  its. Outlandish perfume

 

 

 

(ii)    Let us go forward into the next field. 

 

        Dog Rose.  Entwined.  For as many years 

 

        As I can r e m e m b e r.  E m b e d d e d.  H a s  

 

        b e e n. Famous for their wild roses.  Beneath. 

 

        Notice. That the branches are bearing. Outside.

 

        Their  f l o w e r s.  T a s t e. At the very top - 

 

        Of course. Moving. Is an advantage. I will go as far 

 

        As to say i t  i s . Girl. Essential. Backwards curving 

 

        Prickles, which attach delight. Themselves. &

 

        Literally take possession of any. Unknown. Part

 

        They wish. So is true. Girl. About which there is. A

 

        Considerable amount of c o n f u s i o n.  However

 

 

 

(iii)    Leave them & consider  the walnut. It is

 

         Embedded. A native of the Himalayas. The 

 

         Flowers. Beneath. Taste. Were borne way back 

 

         In May or June. Observe - 

 

         Outside. How it is folded or corrugated. They

 

         won’t travel far. Foreign.  Until they become tran -

 

         s f  o r m e d  or  e m b r y o. Moving. Or embryo. W

 

         o  m a n . O r  e m b r y o .  Delightful. Unknown. 

 

         Hang in clusters. I m m e d i a t e l y   w i t h i n. G 

 

         irl. Can look at itself. Remote. This outer skin will 

 

         Decay. Wild. & finally be killed by hard weather

 

 

 

(iv)    Or a hen’s inheritance. Entwined.  Embedded.

 

         Stems which creep for a short distance before

 

         Turning u p w a r d s.  Outside. I don’t think it 

 

         Matters much. Funny. Winter weed - 

 

         Taste. Is found in almost every. Delight.  

 

         Garden. Which shuts out. Unknown. Light & air. 

 

         & God. T h e  f i v e -p e t a l l e d  flowers are small 

 

         & White.  Wild. Hairs running. Beneath.  

 

         Chickweed. Bad. That  y o u  w o u l d  h a r d l y

 

         N o t i c e   b e y o n d the clover field remains. Girl.

 

 

 

(v)    An old kiln. Beneath.  In which farmers 

 

        Of earlier days used. Outside. To burn their

 

        Own lime.  The old kilns have. Become. Foreign.  

 

        Overgrown. With a type of vegetation. That loves. 

 

        You will liberate a pleasant. Odour. Which

 

        Unknown.  Gives the plant its herbal value - 

 

        Wild. Purplish flowers. Are worth examining 

 

        Individually. Bad.  They are rather small. A device

 

        Ensures cross. Girl.  P o l l i n a t i o n.  Taste. It is  i 

 

        n t e r e s t i n g   t o  note that the name O r i 

 

        g a n u m   is derived from  The Greek word ganos, 

 

        Which means joy!