break the flat surface
 
 back
 
 That field. In that field. Down by that field.
 
 The floods have come, again,
 
 the road like a causeway
 
 across the sea.
 
 back
 
 T h e w a t e r s t r e t c h e d a s f a r a s t h e h o r i z o n
 
 t h e
 
 h o r i z o n
 
 l o s t
 
 i n t h e
 
 t h i c k
 
 f o g.
 
 back
 
 Telegraph poles dotted
 
 across the water
 
 like the masts
 
 of sunken boats.
 
 The cars marooned. High & dry.
 
 Piercing red lights suspended in a long line through the fog.
 
 back
 
 The mists of yesterday have disappeared,
 
 the sky reflected clearly in the flooded fields
 
 the sky reflected clearly in the flooded fields.
 
 back
 
 The day is broken open & clear:
 
 the great ship of Ely Cathedral
 
 just visible
 
 across the water.