In answer to your question

I do not know who dived

Into the hole

That was not my question

Far from it

Did you once

Own a bicycle

Joan

Yes

Was it light blue

Yes

Did you secure it

To the railings

By the pier

Yes

I was told that it was stolen

That is incorrect

As I keep my bicycle

In a disused railway carriage

Somewhere in the New Forest

My information

If it is correct

Was that you secured it

With industrially tested

Solid silver chains

But this was to no avail

As your beloved bicycle

Was stolen during the eclipse

The source of your information

Needs to be questioned

As my chains

Proved to be very secure

And only the pier

Along with the errant moon

Were stolen

That makes me

So happy of heart

Although I do miss

Both the moon

And the memorable pier

We all do

A last question Joan

You mention

About keeping your bicycle

In a disused railway carriage

Somewhere in the New Forest

That is correct

Railway carriages

By their design

Are quite narrow

As to avoid contact

With passing trains

With this in mind

How do you cycle

Within these carriages

That is an easy question

As whenever I cycle

I dream that

I am on the

Open Road

Which is as simple

As cycling

Within the

Deep confines

Of disused

Railway Carriages




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