This Sacred Plot (This Rhubarb Republic)

This is our allotted land
down by the river
beyond the by-pass
and beyond the London line

and every day we come here
to dig and hoe and weed and sow
then we stand back to admire our work
and watch the vegetables grow

and oh, how happy and contented we be
on this patch of English earth
this sacred plot
this peaceable kingdom

this rhubarb republic