Longlisted by Butcher's Dog
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1296, embryonic, organism, unparalleled growth, few became, a one half million, pushing forward, subjugation, belief, momentum, past forgotten, ever brighter shone perfection, backstreets lost, gaining polished stone, layer on layer, dug up, compressed, foundation forfeit, cobble, asphalt, tarmac’s secrets, petrol surface, abstract sprawl, mirrors, onslaughts, high rise, cut sky, angular, metallic flight, parallel, symmetrical, towerings, hummings, currents flowing, heat on cold, carved by cable, amphitheatre of terraced hillsides, conduits, suburban valleys, living, dying, unheard in the dead ring, hammering, pulsating, exquisite power, beating hard against fossilisation, oblivion.