Julian Dobson
Bridgehouses, Sheffield
An act of militant futility, willed
to upend the city’s sense of scale.
To demand a still point
in routines hurtling at full pelt.
To subvert circulation, cutting
halfway across a roundabout.
To toy with thoughts that even
traffic systems have a heart.
To reconstruct a koan:
this span will never be complete.
Julian Dobson’s work has appeared in print and online magazines including The Rialto, Acumen, and Stand, and on a bus in Guernsey. Julian lives in Sheffield.
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