The grey skies of Derbyshire
Close in hiding the full moon again
Causing the white flashing Barn Owl
To stay home sulking starving
As endless rain smears down
Beneath the undulating moon dust
And I dreamed that I was
Working as a lifeboat volunteer
It would seem not a very good one
Struggling with my equipment
Having to be shown again how
To get my oxygen to work
And still the rain pummels
Beating the overnight drums
Under the dark black starless skies
As I fitfully dream of becoming
A lifeboating lifesaver
In land-locked Derbyshire
Martin
A W Holmes, August 2017
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