Crick Tunnel – Grand Union Canal
Crick was too far,
excepting the most enthusiastic days,
beyond the junction for mum to be bothered,
just me in my passion persuading
dad on occasions to forgo
the rest and push on, deep through fields
to this dark place at the cutting end
overhung with bramble, the towing path
besieged by blackberry and drifted seed,
a mystic place from the prow of the boat,
then past as we delved the Jurassic hill,
touched the passing brick, slimed and stained
by the ironstone above, wet air
shock cool after summer skies
and damp – drip tick drip – echoing the length
of a thousand yards and more
till we emerge to mother’s sigh, turning
round and straight back to be home in time
for the setting of mats for the tea.
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