Badgers on the tracks
Baxter just can’t keep his paws to himself
they dig, scoop and burrow into the banks
‘More rooms for the babies,’ says Hazel.

I’m tracking down badgers
dreaming of little Edwina’s
with their mischievous stripey noses
and dark warrens to play hide and seek in
what fun for a nice spring day!

I’m always tracking badgers
but the colours keep badgering
me and keep me from
seeing one in real life.

Though I did see a deer yesterday
casually lying in a fruit picking garden
it looked just like a stump!

Translation: Trevor Scarse