Major Incident

Les Wicks

Concrete is bits of mountain
plus abandoned shell, sometimes slag & ash.
 
The lovestuck dreams of permanence
our temples & hospitals
those roads out of the city
to another city exactly the same.
We build like a nervous habit.
 
This everything will last
(Defⁿ LIF = 20 yrs)
I’ve had winters & arguments
lasted longer than your average palace.
 
There’s a tree wanted to argue this beneficence,
this gift.
They’ve cut it down.

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Les Wicks has been published across 35 countries in 15 languages. His 15^th book of poetry is Time Taken – New & Selected (Puncher & Wattmann, 2022). He can be found at leswicks.tripod.com/lw.htm

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