That forgotten ingredient
in a splendid meal
to which one guest
will have an allergic reaction
Severe as the cut of topiary
glimpsed at the crest of a hill
Buried like the scent of
hedges in a rain-soaked park
Uneasy as gravel crunching underfoot
in a garden long-since paved
Why are cartoon characters drawn
with four digits on each hand?
Why are birch trees planted in threes?