neglected
due to health and safety concerns
molecular helicopter leaves
in various stages of decay
against concrete slabs
days grow and pavement still
ivy embracing equilibria
the tombstones
become one with nature
like an array of skeletons beneath
to the memory of:
HENRY WEST
who died in a whirlwind in 1840 +
aged 24 years
FELINA FENWICK
who died in July 18th 1827 +
aged 59 years
WILL PRATT SWALLOW
who died in August 22nd 1829 +
aged 56 years
also MARY
wife of the above +
aged 38 years
also WILLIAM
son of the above +
aged 4 years
also WILL-DREDGE
their son +
aged 4 months
nearby scattered sleeping bags
from homeless
in concentrated
potassium permanganate graves
invaded by squirrels
plastic-coated iron with green slimey
spears
opening to a display
of natural heredity:
evergreen needles frost on grass cartilage
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across an arch structure
like a pelvis North-East of the St. Laurence Church
dating from the Norman period
the centre pieces of window tracery
have been wrongly assembled
standing on grass
a semicircular head
consisting of carved fragments
sunlit old broadleaf trees
to the nave of the church
windows covered with stiff
steel grills for protection
fern aggregates out of the flint
black flint
beyond the graveyard
set on the banks
of the Kennet and Avon Canal
the cosmic fields
teeming with life and light
through the fence and local stars
the Blade skyscraper
14 floors above ground level
282 feet tall
it’s just a form of re-birth
the iron bannisters liquefy
in acid-rich soils
bark eventually dissolves
into its base chemicals purging fluid
discolored wildflowers
amongst generic tombstones
of energies trapped
then released again into the wider
univers e