Posts Tagged ‘inequality’
plot
30 November 2010
plot There’s a fence and a track down one side, but no way up this weedy incline. As I cut one, the leaves seem to laugh, in just days there’s no trace of my path. A strange cocktail awaits me outside: “Why bother?” their eyes seem to cry, “We’ve whipped and subdued it elsewhere. Shiny […]
2010 | sleep, songs | Tags: allotments, Bristol, climate change, food, inequality, justice, land, oilComments (0)
packer’s field
30 November 2010
packer’s field A factory bequeathed it, in trust to those who need it. Go back further still, it’s just a hill, unfenced like all the earth, until the lords found wood and nails, and crucified all prior claims. So, centuries on, that’s still what’s wrong. It’s got so local’s just a badge you wear, to […]