Tank Tracks
Tank Tracks Flinty chalk path Hard under foot Hard under my feet My painful feet Follow it South to the brow of the wheat field Shimmering in the surprisingly chilly breeze On this cosmically hot day A day so hot it feels portentous Why have you never bothered to come here before? You’re too late to see the Churchill tank I know you’ve taken this path Past the leaving path-blockers (a theory you’re developing) And down into the history of military training exercises But you’re too late What do you mean? Look I’m on top of it? It’s here it says so on the map And here too on my smart phone. Churchill tank So you look for further directions Scrolling down on the downs You find an article in the West Sussex County Times Explaining how this treasured landmark Becoming increasingly overgrown Disappearing back into the landscape Rusting into the ground Providing a direct route to the real people Who sacrificed everything Who gave ...