GENERATOR

Capillary branches of trees,
Wood veins,
A scientist's model,
The blood flow of brains.

Crow's nest of blood clots,
Cradling snatch-arms,
of wood hold the moon.

A river digs coldly, slicing
Through black earth.
Factories at night
Breathes decades of light.

Sparks in charged clouds feed
Engines in dead cars
New dreams.

Ian O'Brien