The God of Sugar (Sugar Shed, Greenock) - by
Cavernous – and empty now – / no shouts of dockers, / no barefoot women shovelling / molasses – it…
capitalism
Travelling South, Scotland, August 2012 - by
‘Necessity is not the mother of invention; play is.’
/ Ian D. Suttie
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/ It gets late early out here
/ in the lacklustre places,
/ wind in…
Iam pauca aratro iugera regiae - by
Public libraries / were cherished like Pallas Athene’s temples, / which, for us, in effect, they were.
Pigeon with Warburtons - by
dead still
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/ no nervous skull-shakes
/ or scuttle-pecks
/
/ still
/
/ hiding in doorway shadows
/ as sun slides
/ like a drunkard
/ down dull bricks
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/ head still
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/ a single slice of bread
/ hollowed out…