Behind new fences pink azaleas pitched,
Dinosaurs loom in life-size concrete casts,
Bird-like, stag-like, reptilian, fishy -
Beasts lie and bask under a lead grey light.
Geese honk with the breaking voices of youth
And crisp white swans set sail across the lake.
One monster nuzzles a rotting tree trunk,
Always locked in this immovable waltz.
While children swarm, feeding fish sandwich crusts
And trains rattle past every quarter past,
A cormorant spreads its black scything wings,
Marooned in primordial amusement.
© GB 2007
