Bad fruit in Eden - Susan Jones

It's not safe
in my garden;
in the garden of England
Kent.
Eden Valley, Maidstone,
Tonbridge Wells,
home to cricket,
hop houses,
orchards
and my house;
where my dog
roamed
the backyard,
boxed in by Laurel,
privet, roses
and apple trees.

But they came.
To threaten
and terrorize;
a modern scourge.
Ransomed,
exchanged
late at night ;
a crime
no one dare speak
aloud;
but I dare now:
Dog-nappers
everywhere -
Bad fruit in the garden -
may you wither on the limb
and rot in Eden.

Susan Jones