Tar Distillery

TAR DISTILLERY

Black outlined structure
Black-brown water-reflected buildings
by riverside built
Sky-coloured river-water
Gray, hazy, smoke-filled, industrial sky
Petroleum ethers -
cracking products
Refining
of crude organic mixtures
The eyes tolerate, appreciate
the symmetry
of water-reflected ugliness

© GERALD ENGLAND

Composed: Wakefield, 16th August 1970

Publications

1972 Pommegranate (UK)
1991 Hybrid (UK)
1992 STEALING KISSES (Hyde, New Hope International)