Pyridine On Yer Fish

Pyridine sweeps among Tees waters
[a steadily-dredged bed of industries
& profiteering] –
Dug levellings drag
up toxic slurry & mud from that arse-
crack of shat-in river –
to build back
better –
a trite phrase off licked lips –
A well-suited man [hi-vis’d] sees an
opportunity [he doesn’t fish] –
As if
he cares ‘bout poisoned fish stocks
when bigger votes need bigger nets
in our end-of-days pay-out projects