Damned to breasts of brooks
limbs of the sherbourne crawl
struggling over stones,
as tombs of tyres
send her westward
to oil slaughter from the M6 bowel.
A shoal of buoyed eyes
Watch her turn to foam
A stench of her rises
Through fragrant crow foot
Dancing on her grave.
Canute defiance she struggles on
Past sandy lane to spon with spon
Until the spring when she is gone
Leaving us bluebells to walk upon.