fishermen at Dungeness
invariably they arrive in Minis or Escorts
turning up unannounced from the south east’s landlocked towns
Orpington Bromley Guildford Crawley or the capital itself
to converge on the tip of the Marsh where salt meets seed
they are their own sherpas as they haul hampers
windbreaks folding chairs & countless rods
across the crunchy outback that lies between tarmac & sea
a youngster is despatched to carry the digital clock radio
high above the newly founded encampments
the Dungeness lighthouse sprays a circling beam
over the backs of the now silent fishermen
there is the gleam of fresh spray on coarse pebbles
there is the dull sheen of passing light on plastic
all night the eyes of the fishermen bore through the dark sea
at ships’ lights creatures ‘ eyes self’s eyes
in their ears the whine of an ill-tempered wind
their minds trawling the biting sensations of air sea land
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