The Horns of Hunters 


 High on moon-kissed mountains mournful cold, 
The Horns of Hunters’ daubed rouge,  
Bring sweeping pestilence 
On this fatuous and sated land. 
Aye, upon this sweet and sour plate, 
A greyer grain of grief will reign, 
Until at last a battered Teacher creeps, 
And to the withered monochrome, shades 
The first few drops of pastoral rain.