MONDAY
Guess what I saw in the park today? A young woman teaching her dog to ‘stay’;
Geese flying low from the pond to the lake; a coot have a go at a mallard drake;
A flowerbed looking abandoned and stark; that’s what I saw today in the park.
TUESDAY
Guess what I saw in the park today? Some people in costume rehearsing a play;
Dogs chase a squirrel right up a tree; a little girl crying cos she scraped her knee;
A personal trainer making his mark; that’s what I saw today in the park.
WEDNESDAY
Guess what I saw in the park today? A heron, a nuthatch, a grebe and a jay;
Two fat rabbits and an ugly rat; a tall posh lady in a ludicrous hat;
A plastic giraffe and a broken toy ark; that’s what I saw today in the park.
THURSDAY
Guess what I saw in the park today? Two men embracing (they must have been gay);
An old woman feeding the birds with bread; a couple discussing a book they’d just read;
Some naughty schoolboys having a lark; that’s what I saw today in the park.
FRIDAY
Guess what I saw in the park today? Two police horses, a black and a grey;
A whole group of workmen having their lunch; several green parrots all land in a bunch;
Six dogs having a communal bark; that’s what I saw today in the park.
(September 2006)