The Park

T is for
The Park

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Under the gentle glades
The empties glisten
Beer cans lager and cider
Skol Kestrel and White Lightning
The cheapoes flat and crushed
Broken glass sparkles in the sun
Gaudy bottles still reek of wine
Lipstick and urine
Puddles of casual vomit
Stepping stones of bad habits
Corkless phials-prescribed
Empty of capsules
Overflowing litter bins
Beside the broken fences
Palmprints in mud
Footmarks on benches
Condoms flat and used
Cold seed within
Syringes make blood run cold
And amid this human detritus
A pole with a sign
Stark and commanding
"Penalties For Dog Fouling!!"