{"id":13366,"date":"2020-06-01T07:56:45","date_gmt":"2020-06-01T06:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/darkening\/"},"modified":"2020-06-01T07:56:45","modified_gmt":"2020-06-01T06:56:45","slug":"darkening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/darkening\/","title":{"rendered":"Darkening"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Darkening<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

by Steve Pottinger<\/em><\/p>\n

for george<\/em><\/p>\n

under a darkening sky
we sit round a log fire
out there cities are burning
the planet is burning and<\/p>\n

i can\u2019t breathe<\/em><\/p>\n

out there people are dying
in hospitals in care homes
alone in bedsits with the knee
of a cop pressed into their neck and<\/p>\n

i can\u2019t breathe<\/em><\/p>\n

out there pepper spray nightstick
rubber bullet rage
the same wrongs the old injustice
complicity complacency and<\/p>\n

i can\u2019t breathe<\/em><\/p>\n

in the darkness we search
for each other for hope
for the glimmerings of dawn
for words but what words are there
we haven\u2019t used before?<\/p>\n

listen\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0fucking listen<\/p>\n

i can\u2019t breathe<\/em>
i can\u2019t breathe<\/em>
i can\u2019t breathe<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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