'...splitting the blue air is the worst, / ripping the breath from living things.' Photo: Stuart Barr / flickr CC.

'Song of the small birds' by Stevie Krayer

Song of the small birds

'Song of the small birds' by Stevie Krayer

by Stevie Krayer 17th November 2017

Splitting up the land came first,

then splitting the coal for the warmth it brings.

But splitting the blue air is the worst,

ripping the breath from living things.