THE BIG FREEZE
EYELIDS RISE TO AN ICE AGE,
AS T.V SCREENS AND RADIO WAVES
TELL TALES OF FALLING SNOWFLAKES,
AND HOW, IN SNOW BOOTS, BRITAIN QUAKES.
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AN INFRASTRUCTURE RUPTURES,
AS SALTY MOUNTAINS SHRINK TO HILLS.
THE COUNTRY'S LUNGS ARE PUNCTURED,
AND DEATH TOLLS CLIMB WITH GAS BILLS.
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THE SALES OF COAL AND CARROTS RISE
AS SNOWMEN SET THE SCENE.
A ROBIN TO THE HOLLY FLIES
IN ARCTIC WOODS THAT ONCE WERE GREEN.
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BENEATH WHITE SHEETS, ABANDONED CARS
CURSE SOUTHBOUND TIGHTENING ISOBARS,
WHICH TURN THE SHEETS TO BLANKETS THICK,
AND LONDON INTO REYKJAVIK.
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THE CITIES' AIRPORTS RUNWAYS SEIZE,
AND ENGLAND'S VEINS AND ARTERIES -
THE MOTORWAYS AND COUNTRY LANES,
SWELL UP LIKE METAL CHILBLAINS.
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ICY WINDS HEAD NORTH TO HAUNT
A NATION'S FACE THAT'S FROZEN, GAUNT,
WHILST SLEDGES AND TOBOGGANS SLIDE,
AND SKATERS ON THE RIVERS GLIDE.
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COME CRIES AND WHISPERS THROUGH THE WIRES,
AS A MILLION SPINNING SALTY TYRES
GRIT RUBBER TEETH AND START TO PRAY
FOR THE MAN IN THE YELLOW VAN - AA.
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