Maldon Morning

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Alongside quay at Maldon

Long barges lay tied tight

Tall masts a roost for starlings

Gathered in the grey dawn light

From mud banks of Blackwater

The gathering waders cry

Searching in the shallows

Beneath the sullen sky

An old canoe with Keep Off sign

Abandoned in the grass

And early morning walkers

Greet others as they pass.