(2018)
Sunlight rolls over and touches
The verge quilted with wildflowers
Soft vermillion lies on saffron yellow with flecks of green
A siren hurtles past to remind me of when I am
One butterfly searches a construction site
The young star-shaped stem from a previous day
Now spiking through, shooting up
The now out of place toadflax grows heavy with violet blossoms
Growth, economic growth
Renewal, terrace passing and semi-detached rebuild
A downpour carries cement and dust across the path
Along a concrete rill the manmade sediment rides
In the dusk’s chartreuse artificial light
This is my known nature of modernity