Day Five

Day Five 6th of October, 2014 #Longbridge

 

 

LONGBRIDGE

The gates are open. Traffic
pauses on the dual carriageway
as the workers leave, hours
after the usual day-shift;

thousands of silent figures
crossing the road, no-one
looking back. As if to stop
would mean being wiped out.

 

Joel Lane

 

 

From The Autumn Myth, Arc Publications, December 2010

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