CONCRETE FIRMAMENT

the
streets - a microcosm crater world 
of 
minibeasts 
puddles 
and 
children - its rusted lids
to
the maintenance underworld
all
say
MADE IN ENGLAND
of
Sheffield steel - heavy seals on the
patched
and 
spotted
cement 

thats the ground - its thin sister
is
a
bored grey water colour
or
a
pastel explosion - repeated in ancient strokes
by
the 
great piss-artists hand
saving
inspiration
for
industry
and calling it pollution

and
in
the distance
above
the
rolled up hills
the clouds sometimes pretend to rain
in
streaks
of smudged charcoal

thats the sky - and between
is 
our
concrete firmament
built
of
cooked squares and practical holes
and
framed
with
disciplined wood



 

 

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