The Wistful Gardener

I have a garden roller

occasionally I use

to flatten humps

and earthen bumps

to levels I enthuse

It is a sturdy work machine

enduring through the years

from meadow scene

to bowling green

the envy of my peers

Yet nowadays through settlement

more prone to sit and think

by garden chair

we sturdy pair

just me and Bennetfink

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Benetfink & Co. was a large retail business located at 89-90 Cheapside, London, from c1845 to 1907. The firm described themselves as "furnishing ironmongers" and sold a huge range of metalware products for the home. An advertisement from 1852 claimed that Benetfink would furnish an eight-roomed house for £5.

This rhyme about an old  garden lawn roller was requested by Tony Turner of Herne Bay in Kent. Apparently, Tony's family had in their possession a garden lawn roller supplied by Bennetfink & Co.
By the time I knew Tony he was living alone with his happy family memories. I was glad to have had the opportunity to reintroduce him to smiling and the occasional hearty laugh. The rhyme sort of sums up his life's reflections.