Forget Chernobyl, on English motorways
and A roads where thousands of trees line the banks
to make the rapid passage of traffic seem sociable.
The foliage reduces the air and noise pollution,
But however carefully anyone tries to see any wildlife,
as they pass, there will be none there.
All the birds within five miles either side
of the 50,000 miles of Britain's busiest roads
cannot hear each other's song.
Where they cannot hear they cannot court,
and they will not mate or nest,
so instead they have to retreat to quieter places.
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