Under Cover of Darkness

Dark deeds are done when people are not looking on. The guilty don't like to be witnessed when they're in the act nor when plans are being hatched.

The furtive graffiti sprayers have been out in the dark in my neighbourhood. The side of next door's garage has suffered most, but it's also to be seen on my wooden fence and elsewhere including two local bus shelters.

There's no artistic merit so the satisfaction gained in perpetrating this comes in the annoyance caused which gives a sneaky sense of power. No declaration of responsibility is made and all is done under the cover of darkness. If you expect it at any time it is when the clocks go back and it's dark before bedtime.

It's possible that the miscreant may have captured the image on her smartphone. It could come in useful if the handiwork is referred  to on a CV. I suggest an application for a job with the conservation industry who value clandestine operations usually conducted in holes and corners.

Another discovery of vandalism, coincidentally made around daybreak just two days later is the destruction of two beautiful trees on Blacka Moor. A large mature Larch and a young Oak. It's pointless using words to comment on people who do this, except to say that on the whole I have even less respect in this case.