Steel rusts, chains orphan Time glowers like a coffin Stone sledgehammer gives clay persist Marked by man, machine, glyphs Rare craft, menacing creation Scrawled permanence of civilisation’s memorandum Reed cut, ridges, worn edges Marble stamped missing pages ‘Neath structural braggadocio snows Luminous encryptions of tik-tak-toes Biting scattered diamonds of light Cuneiform signs, subterranean plight Mothering […]
