Utterly Forgotten

They set out to make a man like you make a car in a factory

It was a production process starting at step one till the end

When you’re left with the finished product and the job is done

Step by step following instructions and designs and plans

Not missing a single bit or doing it in the wrong order

To look at the completed man you would be amazed

That he was m...

Read and leave comments (0)

Wide Is The Gate And Broad Is The Road

A sky bleached like old bones
dug from damp earth on an autumn morning.

The pale sun spits on car roofs in a Northern town
where colours hide behind a sheen of grey.

Tram tracks, like silver trails of slugs,
pacing the slowly walking midnight man.

Something ancient and horrid has left a double-mustard
trail of crumbs for him to follow, but nev...

Read and leave comments (3)

CONVERT

Old factory was due to be knocked down and turned into rubble, recycle the materials and use the land again. A new start? Yet this building is structurally fine, a few broken windows and missing tiles, the idea of demolition is okay but you lose the heritage and a piece of history. Is that a good thing? How about doing it up and converting it to flats?

Keeping the building...

Read and leave comments (2)