The Railway Rabbits


Hi Bonni what are you doing here 

You should be in the warm 

As it is icicles out here

I am homeless Lezah

But you had such a lovely hutch 

I was so jealous of you 

And so were many of the other rabbits 

What happened 

Do you remember the storm 

Which storm 

Storm Willam

Nobody will ever forget that storm 

It caused so much damage 

Including my lovely home 

Which was crushed by a falling branch 

Whilst Pippin and I were collecting carrots

My owner promised us a new hutch 

More splendid that the last 

And employed Stanley Stuart as his architect 

Wow you always seem to fall on your feet

But I am confused as you say you are now homeless 

It all went well for a whilst whilst my owner was abroad 

I was very excited as our new hutch was spectacular 

It was the King of all Hutches 

But then they started arguing 

Who 

The architect and my owner 

Why did they argue 

Because my owner wanted a lyrical hutch 

Full of circles curves and other organic surprises 

But he was presented with a bleak austere concrete hutch 

He called it brutalist and designed without love 

My owner refused to pay the architects fee 

Is that why you became homeless 

Yes as the architect destroyed the hutch with a hammer

Did that frighten you 

Very much 

Pippin and I ran away with all of God’s speed 

And have been squatting ever since 

Then I might be able to help you 

In what way 

Since I last saw you I have moved 

And now live with all of my friends 

On the railway embankment 

Near the distant and home signals 

It is something of a cooperative where everything is shared 

Do you have the room 

We have lots of room 

As when the line was electrified 

The embankment was reshaped considerably 

If you ignore the cables and the rare maintenance visits

Then it is a wonderful place 

You are more than welcome to join us all

 Do follow me as it is less than a mile 

Pippin please stop eating the farmers crops and make haste 

As we have a new home near that cow bridge 

We are now the Railway Rabbits