In the brambles underfoot
The brash that's slashed with bill hook
As volunteers go rolling by
Swinging slashers and hedge trimmers high
Hear the sound of What exactly?
Slow worms crawling through the debris?
If this is nature unbound I ask thee
What next will they find to tell ee?
I saw a Robin, that I did
Hanging around the neighbourhood
He was interested in the action
The hewn stalks of bramble were his passion
He flew amongst the swinging workers
Willing to do what nature shirkers
Would not do, but oh we few
We merry few the strawberry line crew
Still you mention where is nature?
Well, it's thorns and rotten tapers
Of fallen trees long since died
Heads in the earth, fungi multiplied
Purple patches, even velvet ears
Grow on dead logs rotting near
And they crumble underfoot
Nature found it hard to look
But after humans abandoned it
Soon started bramble that didn't quit
And now we come to reclaim the land
Nature gives us a helping hand
And palms us back this great high five
Saying come and take me I'm still alive
It is something that doesn't want to die
It will strive, and suffer and survive
And every change or drop in pressure
It will respond more robust and better
Ultimately it holds all the cards
To life's big mysteries we find so hard
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