The crows kept landing where she had died,
looking for the bounty they had been denied,
whilst Jimmy stood vigil at the far field gate,
waiting for the funeral,
where her companion Bobby lay in state
on the Spinney path.
Then, as chief mourner, she led the others across,
knowing it was time to bury her loss
in yesterday's playground.
When the congregation had all dispersed,
(the disgruntled crows at last out cursed)
She bellowed her anguish for the air to swallow
keeping her vigil, refusing to follow
the flock.
November 2000,
Remembering two 'Mollys' Bobby Dawn and jimmy Laura.
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Cuttlebone and Cobwebs
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