Thank you, Anni. Maybe I'm a masochist because I do like making things difficult for myself. I considered rhyming each line as well, but that was a bridge too far. Perhaps next time...
The hedge, surely the invention of the British,
true expression of singular, obsessive privacy,
representative of boundary, extent of influence,
visual declaration of this is mine and the rest yours,
for all I care. This is how to get along,
to live, secure and alone, in the midst of millions
and, if I may bend Frost just a little for once,
good hedges make good neighbours.
Line count: 8
Free verse
For Express It In Eight, 03.30.22
Prompt: Write a hedge poem.
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