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Simon Barraclough

\'The damage cats do\'

\'The damage cats do\'

The damage cats do.
The hedgerow pogroms.
The examples made of shrew,
of sparrow; the redbreast
darkened to clawed mauve.
 
That Easter morning,
black and chill,
I stepped onto the lawn
to find the stricken Sun,
pounced upon at dawn,
batted and battered,
rayless and foetal.
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\'The damage cats do\'

The damage cats do.
The hedgerow pogroms.
The examples made of shrew,
of sparrow; the redbreast
darkened to clawed mauve.
 
That Easter morning,
black and chill,
I stepped onto the lawn
to find the stricken Sun,
pounced upon at dawn,
batted and battered,
rayless and foetal.

\'The damage cats do\'

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