We painted the gable end
filled in the cracks,
the ladder from a neighbour,
covered up the leaf stains
from the bay and rambling rose
ten years I think it lasted
facing south blazing in the summer
south-west winds and snow
one stroke of paint,no more turning back!
county cream they call it
the once moss-green turned mouldy
ten years it must have been,
two coats,one transformation.
Shame to cut the bay and rose,
but they'll be back in ten years
for another coat of paint.