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Was It For This The Clay Grew Tall?
NB. the penultimate line is a quote from war poet Wilfred Owen's "Futility".
HMS Britannia
some years ago,
began bouncing
along the bottom
of turd-strewn
and poisoned
inland waterways
and shorelines,
she’s scraping
the moral barrel,
going through
its rotten bottom,
into the cesspit,
in which she’s floating,
all with the blessings
of silent cler...
Tuesday 27th February 2024 10:13 am
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