Constable becomes Banksy

The sun shines,
swans are gliding the river
which runs through,
soft, silent  and true,
and this fine spring day
could be a John Constable,
with  me, strolling in the canvas.

As I walk I smell  the freshness
of a newly painted barge,
and wave to its owner
who  sits in a recliner on the verge,
reading a book next to a tired looking  dog.

Further on,
I pass two policewomen
in crisp, white, short  sleeved shirts,
who look happy and are smiling at each other,
as if they  had just hugged or kissed,
and were in love.



*Tony Vowles is the author of http://www.theastrologyblog.com and has had his poetry previously published in Dawn Treader magazine.