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A FOX TRUSTING PEOPLE
By P B Taylor
I
Foxes stared obliviously before they ran
The sun craving indulgence let them
Of all the piece they were but charming fellows
Falling into place by going and coming
II
If women were, as they say, as foxes
And have vixens they would be worth following
There will be another along surely
Even in this spinning time and space
III
Oh, trust me, perhaps not they say
In the wide, wild black infinity
Who is god they menacingly ask?
As they rob to seek their poor riches
IV
You can’t trust them they say to us
With that wide, wild black indifference
Yet for the asking they have then gone
So, we don’t bother them
London. Autumn 1977
Phillip Taylor MBE was born in Amersham and educated at London University and the Inns of Court School of Law. His working life was spent, firstly at the BBC in London, in the Ministry of Defence and the Army, and then as a barrister at law and mediator at Lincoln’s Inn after he was called to the Bar.
He was Chairman of the Society of Civil Service Authors Poetry Workshop from 1982 to 1986 and contributed to their annual anthology FOCUS. His poems and short stories have appeared in journals, magazines and newsletters and some have been broadcast by the BBC. He has produced several poetry collections since 1972.
The Poetry Workshop was founded by Bill Barnes in 1970. It was a part of the Society of Civil Service Authors (founded in 1935) which now known as the Society of Civil and Public Service Writers.
A FOX TRUSTING PEOPLE
By P B Taylor
I
Foxes stared obliviously before they ran
The sun craving indulgence let them
Of all the piece they were but charming fellows
Falling into place by going and coming
II
If women were, as they say, as foxes
And have vixens they would be worth following
There will be another along surely
Even in this spinning time and space
III
Oh, trust me, perhaps not they say
In the wide, wild black infinity
Who is god they menacingly ask?
As they rob to seek their poor riches
IV
You can’t trust them they say to us
With that wide, wild black indifference
Yet for the asking they have then gone
So, we don’t bother them
London. Autumn 1977
Phillip Taylor MBE was born in Amersham and educated at London University and the Inns of Court School of Law. His working life was spent, firstly at the BBC in London, in the Ministry of Defence and the Army, and then as a barrister at law and mediator at Lincoln’s Inn after he was called to the Bar.
He was Chairman of the Society of Civil Service Authors Poetry Workshop from 1982 to 1986 and contributed to their annual anthology FOCUS. His poems and short stories have appeared in journals, magazines and newsletters and some have been broadcast by the BBC. He has produced several poetry collections since 1972.
The Poetry Workshop was founded by Bill Barnes in 1970. It was a part of the Society of Civil Service Authors (founded in 1935) which now known as the Society of Civil and Public Service Writers.
