David Gill
Heartland
yer wunt much like the Yorksher moor its bracken is
knackerin ter walk on an ‘spagnum moss soaks up
everythin’ clouds drop on it the loose black soil leaks out
in clumps of bog with spikey reeds and it gets everywhere
in yer clothes an seeps down yer boots in ter yer socks you
look up at the big empty grey space angin overhead an yer
can see the hill yer on is hump-backed so yer cart tell
where it meets the sky ner where it’s come from ner where
it’s goin so yer slump an yer slouch an yer face on in ter
‘wind an yet trudge an yer squelch fer miles an miles an
the only bloomin things yer see are the reds an yellers an
pinks an greens of fluorescent jackets a crowd a host of
rucksacks an trainers millin at the moor’s ends an now yer
feet are killin so yer catch a bus ome kick off yer boots an
dry yer socks in front of a fire built with coal brought from
Poland.
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