sungushing fatherleaning
smoking 4am his leathered
face hanging out the bedroom
window we all rise with him we
latch onto his strangeness the
quietness of an hour climb into the
blue ford transit
lindow common incoming
razorlight through the radio
america
america you felt so certain then
the lake full of reeds full of redheaded moorhens
undulating grassland an old dump
frankensteined with grand metal vents
candling balloon ground taut
we camp for some time by an oak
shattered on the grass
son
look at that
i slide my hands round my thighs
damp with morning dew not yet lifted
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Brandon Bennett is a poet from Manchester. His debut pamphlet 'Peat and Other Soils' is scheduled for release with Death of Worker's Whilst Building Skyscrapers early 2024. He is also the EIC and co-founder of BRAG Writers Literary Magazine.
This poem was selected by Anthropocene Guest Editor Tom Branfoot.
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