Sizewell B power station
Suffolk, England
a white, rounded mushroom
mixed in the world’s cauldron
the moon brought to ground,
gleaming, radiating
the giant forbidden fruit
on the tree of knowledge
a perfect white bottom
inviting a pinch
but it’s forbidden to touch
the earth’s fertile, white belly
(from “Exercises in Unreality”, Agàpe Publications, 2002)
Poetry, poem, speculative poetry, science fiction poetry, Australian poetry, British poetry
S.C. Flynn 