The Earth & Its Wildflowers

Calton Hill September 9th 
After a film by Florrie James and a Talk by Neil Gray

A big jobby, left by a huge fucking dog
in a Govan stairwell. I think of little else. 
Wheat and other cereals grow - deep
in the contaminated land. 
For your own safety.
Fear of… 

Satellite vans on Calton Hill 
we all see Huw Edwards. Here 
in particular, is where to get your backdrop
shot. On the night itself, it will heave.
and the Acropolis. 
The Athens of the North. The National Monument.

Scotland. 
The earth and its wildflowers
now gather, as and when. 
A great deal of mud
a game
you just run, and run
and gather as and when.
Utopia - I s’pose, or fear of, 
death by… 

Dog shit, everyone seems to agree
we are safe to dislike a big dog
allowed to crap as and when. 
Or the shopping trolley pushed
over cobbles and dumped into 
the canal. 

Matter out of place
precisely. Remediation is lovely.
A city - tidy and clean
boring as the fear of death. 
A big jobby left by a huge fucking dog
in a Govan stairwell. I think of little else.