Trafika Europe 9/10 - UK in Europe

12 Poems

III

Chalchihuitlicue

mistress of the rain is crying oil chokes the orca and acid

bleaches the coral reef roads are washed away and cities are flooded but in the desert a child walks ten miles for a bottle of dirty water

step up she says you can do better you must do better

iv

!urisis is dreaming inside the tree there are no bullies here or fights there is no rape or racism or greed

only the green silk of leaves and stillness rising like sap

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