Saturday, 6 July 2013

Still Life




It's an act of love I'm told. 
But it was an act of murder first. 
Does that make it a crime of passion..? 
Oh dear.  I am an accessory.
These homicides are being committed daily.  Tiny, rigid bodies litter the deck every morning.
I'd prefer not to be loved quite so much.

"Thank you Henry Davenham", I say, "but are you aware that the British water shrew is protected by the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, and that it is an offence to kill them without a special licence...?" 






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