All they care about is the lawn and the hedge;
the sight of a weed, a dandelion,
and all hell breaks loose
until it is removed, destroyed.
Three times a year
the evergreen hedge is trimmed,
a martial operation of precision and angst –
I can almost predict the day.
But who am I to judge,
peering through net curtains
at life’s absurdities
and the pointlessness of it all?
copyright Francis Barker 2019
Peterborough is a modern city, with a population well over 200,000. After WW2 Peterborough was no bigger than a large market town – with one of the best cathedrals in England.
Until the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the late 1530s, Peterborough Abbey was one of the largest monasteries in the whole of eastern England. Luckily, at the time of the Dissolution. Henry VIII granted Peterborough city status by allowing the abbey church to become a cathedral. We should at least be grateful for that and that it is still a magnificent structure today, with modern elements incorporated inside.
copyright Francis Barker 2019
copyright Francis Barker 2019
copyright Francis Barker 2019
copyright Francis Barker 2019
