No clouds
no movement
you hold your breath and turn and follow the circle of the
unbending horizon line horizon’s circle.
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The workers eat their lunch in silence, gathered beside the road,
looking out across the fields
the way fishermen watch the sea.
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Celery &
spring onions &
leeks &
lettuces &
fragile crops which would be ruined by machinery.
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When the late afternoon comes
(when the light is only beginning to fade from the day fall)
the sky is the colour of a freshly forming bruise.
The workers are slowing their pace
pausing more frequently to savour
the warmth of the soil in their hands
aware now of the slight chill in the air
waiting
for the word that the day is over.
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What placement can do.
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When the evening comes
