The Local Council Parks Department
came up trumps this Spring,
with rhubarb round the boating lake
in a kind of ‘fairy ring’.
 
I rang them up, and said I thought
their planting scheme inspired,
and asked if they’d refill the lake
as custard’s now required?
 
The Council’s arboricultural man
(in charge of landscape schemes)
thought this was a splendid plan –
the ‘answer to his dreams’
 
“Sir, this is the perfect wheeze –
the custard would reflect the trees,
and hide the rubbish people threw in.
I’m sure the idea’s worth pursuing”
 
So now we’ve got a yellow lake
Whose very high viscosity,
Leaves supermarket trolley holes
For every passer-by to see!