
I would talk with the statue
my relation
in the Bay
renowned and ignoring
me
for the sea
(welcoming hillsides inland)
I'd say -
'How come
you've neglected us so long?
Only now stepped
into family history?'
(his pub name
not exotic stage one)
'And did you ever chat
with my Gran?
Sample those phrases
she carved so carefully ;
sculpted, yet spoken.