Just go for a stroll in the trees

Get the stomps in
shave off your guilty toe
in preparation for what, the final
stretch of your so-called

Accompanied by a playlist of new dad rock tunes
played on old school tech
neither of which terms I endorse - Friendship, Turnstile
Geese, Lifeguard - the new one namers plus
Mannequin Pussy in homage to Steve Carrell's MLC doomer
in The Four Seasons

An upturned Lime bike in the bushes
community orchard, teach you to be so sniffy
the everpresent stank of cabbage enjoyed
al fresco across the generations these days
        these days
a flyer for a Yard Sale, how unEnglish

Pass by the crumbly contingent
a bulldog in a wheelchair and look
a jolly hockey mum in a yellow sundress

Since the Chinese takeaway closed
I never lumber down that cobbled alley

The wrought iron livestock railing topper
rebalanced and replaced by a surrogate cross
a bouncing football tempts but I dare not kick
families gathered around the picnic tables
their healthy chatter deliberately drowned
and oh where is my community

Tottenham and Arsenal shirts play together
we must come to some agreement, find
the common ground

On the second lap vary the route
stop by the pet memorial plaques
and the miniature amphitheatre where
I shall perform my mighty works
to an indifferent heckle of pigeons

Scarecrow hood on gym equipment
another quarter on the clockface
a tent in the undergrowth
    symptomatic
    these days
the paucity of your insights
redundancy of your circular ops

Nearer home

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you have
  reached
   the end
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     skip