By Kamal Kaan
SALTAIRE, canal-side:
The Sun sings.
Salts sits sexily
amongst sandstone streets
ageless, timeless –
did you think?
in years to come
You’d become a fine bone ornament on a mantle piece?
Tomorrow’s dust
Now rusts your skin.
Our memories
carved upon the bones
of these stones
© Kamal Kaan, 2020. Funded by City of Bradford Council as part of the Response programme.
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