THE BATTERSEA POWER STATION.

So skeletal and so mighty -
this upside down pig’s carcass
is a cool memory of ancient power,
like the beauty hidden in its starkness.
The seized heart of the older city
with rigor mortis legs walks the sky.
It’s a perfect place for a Pink Floyd cover;
a place where pigs might fly.

Is it an abandoned factory or a Roman ruin?
Was Kilroy or Ozymandias here?
Are these marble columns or smoke stacks?
Is it a hated eye-sore or a heritage dear?
To me it’s a cathedral for an industrial town
and I hope they never pull it down.

19/01/02