A conker for the nature table

[Wastrel]

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Prickled and sour sapped
I found you by the roadside,
your fall, split white
on chestnut brown. - the position of the conker
is now on the ground, with the rhymes of -ound/own, in just the right place. S 1 flows seamlessly into S2. Perfect.

The ground drowns
in a crinkled collapse
as feet shuffle sound
through wind-cornered clusters.

Rain needles,
sharp as sketch book pencils,
scurry shoppers along,
run for cover, high streets. - this line has got a problem.
I thought a possible solution
might be:

(Rain needles,
sharp as sketch-book pencils,
scurry shoppers along
run-for-cover high streets ?) - not sure

Blotted damp under a railway arch
I pull my hood up and shudder, - I like 'shudder' under railway arch - a train is passing above
bone deep,
on this top button day.


Original
I picked you from the curb,
prickled and sour sapped,
your fall, split white
on chestnut brown.

The ground drowns
in a crinkled collapse
as feet shuffle sound
through wind-cornered clusters.

Rain needles,
sharp as sketch book pencils.
empty out,
run for cover high streets.

Blotted damp under a railway arch.
I pull my hood up and hide away,
bone deep,
on this top button day.