Monday 29 August 2011

The Great Inundation

Bradfield's borders seeped
A city flooded village by village.
A geography of colour
Scribbled over in black.

The sky and land merging into darkness
11.30 pm, "the world' at an end".
Children sleep, their dream washed away
Damflask, Kelham Island, Hillsborough, The Wicker,
Awoken by pangs of danger.

Nature vs. humanity in a tug of war
Flickering lights simultaneously washed out.
The pigs screamed.
Destruction 8 miles long.
Mother nature rejecting her brood.

Steel city drenched in darkness
Deprived of light.
Drowned in the black well of obscurity.

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