There's a fence being built at house on the corner

A white picket one, with two gateways adorning

Now the fence has started to come all the way around

Edging down hill towards me, in all the ruts and mounds



Trying to follow a road corner which is gently curved

Is a task of undertaking with more than a little verve

For fixed wooden fences tend not to follow the bends

Unless wood is somehow curved at the mill to make ends



How it will work without this specially treated wood

Is something I shall follow closely to see just how good

A curved fence will turn out when installed between posts

It should be quite a sight to see when all's done by the host



- Tristram



(c) Christopher W. Thomas

12:50pm Sat. June 20th, 1998