(with acknowledgements to Cubby Broccoli)

We’ve a new allotment holder

Just retired from MI6

Wears a Beretta on his shoulder

Calls our lady members “chicks”

Drives a silver coloured DB5

He won’t get much in that

When he has to transport compost

From his Docklands penthouse flat

He takes his Martini shaken,

In his shed he keeps a score

Of days spent with psych...

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Down at the bottom of the allotment 

Just in front of the tall trees

Is a magical little world 

Of butterflies flowers and bees

A green house a shed a Japanese arch

Vegetables nurtured and seeds sown in march

Broad beans and beetroot and straw-berries too

Recycled decor some old and some new

Life size scarecrow hand made fish pond

Hand crafted bird bath creative and  bey...

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The allotments will never be the same.

Fred was digging a new bed when he

Found it,

Uprooting silver collars, bracelets, armlets

Finger rings too along with

Amber beads not unlike flax seeds.

Mutterings of treasure trove sprout darkly

In the other sheds where his

Neighbours want their share but

Greenhouses grow security guards now while

Worst of all

Parsnips and pe...

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