Past the end of the lane
Were white with it. Dungarees
And boots wore its powdery stain.
All day in open pits
They loaded on to the bank
Slabs like the squared-off clots
Of a blue cream. Sunk
For centuries under the grass,
It baked white in the sun,
Relieved its hoarded waters
And began to ripen.
It underruns the valley,
The first slow residue
Of a river finding its way.
Above it, the webbed marsh is new,
Even the clutch of Mesolithic
Flints. Once, cleaning a drain,
I shovelled up livery slicks
Till the water gradually ran
Clear on its old floor.
Under the humus and roots
This smooth weight. I labour
Towards it still. It holds and gluts.
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