Valley AftermathCabbages buried beneath housesCabbage whites flown away Cabbages in the form of planners Financially making their way Slag tips pyramid the landscape Slag tips bury the schools Slag tips reminders of dead days To people slagged off as fools Polluted rivers swirling with coal dust Polluted land neath chemical attack Polluted air once shed by geysers Now black billowless stacks Dead villages lying silent Dead miners standing around Dead streets free of all traffic Communities dying without a sound. |
