Occasional Impressions

Gemini 3

Cannock Chase, Christmas Day 1986

The gripping smell of pine,
Pungent wintry whisper.

The ancient stony track
Clattering beneath our six feet,

Thwack of wellington-ed tread
Sounding a double footfall.

Alarming, living air,
Impenetrably still.

Then your sudden frenzy,
Desperate canine desire -

Was it only a deer,
Or had we heard the pipes of Pan?
jeh

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