Elephant & Castle [18]

The charring

cross-stitch hangs by

bowlight, deep-

water manners ramping

to lowing hounds.

Tottering hams

in the garden, hall-

way culvert put near

the turnpike frog.

Barbs can catch

or island, full well

stocked with mordant tootings.

Rich man ravens

at courtside, kill-burned

vales harrowed

past the puny bridge.