Studies in Straw (Agricultural Landscapes, Maiden Castle - Poundbury, Dorset)

"We are the hollow men

We are the stuffed men

Leaning together

Headpiece filled with straw. Alas!

Our dried voices, when

We whisper together

Are quiet and meaningless

As wind in dry grass

Or rats' feet over broken glass

In our dry cellar".

T.S. Eliot

(from The Hollow Men)

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