WOKING AND WEST BYFLEET POETRY COMPETITION 2008: SECOND PLACE

"TOO MANY" by Derrick Sheehan

How many leaves bud in the Old Woking Road?
Don't know, can't count, too many buds.

How many leaves grow in the Old Woking Road?
Don't know, can't count, too many leaves.

How many leaves fall in the Old Woking Road?
Don't know, can't count, too many leaves

How many leaves rot in the Old Woking Road?
Don't know, can't count, too many leaves.

How many years in the Old Woking Road
Have the leaves budded, grown, fallen and rotted?
Don't know, can't count, too many years.

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