Sunday, 5 March 2023

A FEARFUL HARE GOES TO GROUND

 

A fearful hare goes to ground

And startled Pheasants take flight

Where guns wait expectantly

For their quarry to come into sight

They appear above the guns

Then the ragged volleys sound

Announcing the birds death knell

And they fall gracelessly to the ground

Where eager to please gundogs,

Who think it’s a game to play

Retrieve the birds and drop them

Where the still smoking cartridges lay

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