Wednesday 2 December 2020

giving it the works

 giving it the works


that pipe - hot to touch

that grumbling - in the guts

of the machine - that is

the works - the real works

where - the furnace smelts

the metals - the sintered gasses

cough eyed - the watering

of the men - the knowing that

the time for that - goes just there

always just there - and there

and there - is deep soiling

of the innards - from the in

to the out flowing - the flowering

of dirt into - well - into more dirt but

there is the shinning - the product

of all men’s toils - smiling or grimacing 

the teeth bite - the air does not move

it never moves - men go around it

around the hot pipes - the flow internal

eternal - the closeness of the distance

between here - and there

the smelting - of the days

the moulding - of the metal

the hopscotch men - dancing to the tune

of industry - cooling in the towers

of night shifts - blue lights

long walks - down burma road

out beyond knowing - that now you know

how the works - works it out 

for you

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