Onto the lawn I stride,
A beautiful sunny day.
I hit a ball straight,
Straight towards the hoop,
But it disappears
As the snow falls down.
I walk to find the ball,
The sun reappears,
The ball is seen.
I hit it again
But again it is lost
As the snow comes down again.
So there we are playing croquet
In the sun and snow
With the east wind freezing us,
But then we accept this as the norm,
This typical British Springtime.