Scratch the surface and fingernails snag
on Facebook posts arm-banded with hate.
Spade the earth with boot heel encouragement
and feel the bite-back of roots twisting whitely.
Christen the dull metal of the plough, drag
trenches through topsoil; repeat
till the land is scarred. Dig deeper. Sink holes.
Send Euclids rumbling into the depths of open cast.
Let shit-brown mud coat the yellow buckets
of JCBs. Unearth bones and broken skulls.
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