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This is Not a Place of Honour

from Ghostwatching by Jessica Law

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Near Castle Park
Five metres underground
Here lies a bunker
Thirty-five berth
And a speech from the queen
Never yet said aloud
Mourning a disfigured Earth

Close to the coast
Accessed by rowing boat
Here lies an island
Foul to its core
With a deadly disease
Tested on flocks of sheep
Would have been used in the war
(If it hadn’t ended before…)

This is not a place of honour
Nothing of value here
This is a message of danger
We beg you to steer clear
This is a place of fear

One summer night
Pulses of coloured light
Burned through the orbit
Blew out the power
In a city that lay
900 miles away
Set the dogs howling for hours

On wasted ground
10,000 years from now
Wind blows a warning
Through sharpened stone
And a carving is seen
Fixed in a silent scream
Our language is no longer known
But this is no place for a home

This is not a place of honour
Nothing of value here
This is a message of danger
We beg you to steer clear
This is a place of fear

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from Ghostwatching, released July 12, 2022

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Jessica Law Cambridge, UK

"Packed with emotion, surprise and wit." - The Daily Album
“Someone… who’d probably get laughed off the X-Factor for not being exactly the same as everyone else.” – Nightshift Magazine
"A collection of intriguing folk songs, packed with expressive lyrics, strange rhythms and creative instrumentation." - Ocelot Magazine
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