Antony Nicholls
Rush Hour
In sky’s rafters, no ash clouds,
that liquid-aqua inflammable
but land shouts of fire, fire
as if London’s ablaze, cars‚
side-windows, mirrors flash
and handles unwind, fists
punch out, blurt on horns,
know cities explode, trees
over lit lakes of blue petrol
and Arizona roads carbonise,
smoke high into tomorrow
which is a sidestreet jammed
as patrol cars blare, blink livid
neon, paint streaks reflective
but the carburettors grind
and engines roar an inferno,
none will rule, none tear free.
A road away, repose exists.
Parliament's walled courtyard,
flat grass. Antiquity inside
languishes, as if still quills
scratch their indifference.
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