A conker for the nature table

[billy]

hard to fault this one keith. some good solid imagery okay after three or four reads i found a couple of minuscule prob's. the post stands well enough as is but i think you could polish it just a little bit more. great read.

I picked you from the curb, i'm trying hard to find fault so this is it, the line feels too pat, too easy, how did yo pick it?
prickled and sour sapped, a suggestion would be to use this as the first line, good S's
your fall, split white
on chestnut brown.

The ground drowns
in a crinkled collapse
as feet shuffle sound
through wind-cornered clusters. excellent extended image; nigh on bloody perfect.

Rain needles,
sharp as sketch book pencils. you're imagery again is excellent
empty out,
run for cover high streets. i get you're telling the high streets to run for cover but i'm not sure others will, if i'm wrong, then you need some punctuation

Blotted damp under a railway arch.
I pull my hood up and hide away,
bone deep,
on this top button day. not keen with the rhyme, maybe lose the "away" the rhyme feels a little forced.