— because this place, this city, used to be gritty, not just pretty
— because of recent history
because we can
because we don’t need funding to go walking and watching
because we’re interested in ‘Layer’, tagging his name over and over
and the layers of the place and its longings
and the lengthening light in summer and the long slow haul into winter
with the hay brought in, from the ings lands
Lammas lands, fox frequented, cattle grazed
Because
we know our place