They're digging the road up       again

last time it was a water main

this time it's gas replacement

from minor road to minor basement

 

they're moleing through the grass and dew

the traffic mounts

temporary lights

temperatures rise

and particulates.

 

They're digging up the road        again

strange vehicles stand back to back

men in red are visible for miles

workers in an urban circus

the electric was done not long ago

traffic diverted for months on end

 

wildlife breathed sighs of relief

furrowing and burrowing underneath

temporary lights

more particulates.

 

We see the services oft updated

utilities dig into ample coffers

simultaneously advertising

the temptations of their latest offers.

Soon the signs will go up       again

with the weight of bigger tipper lorries

 

on their way to distant quarries

pressing down on pipes and cables

and down in those dumps is where we'll be

just like it's like on reality telly

while we endlessly complain

and temperatures climb like a rising main.