Every­where this red dust,
this fer­rug­i­nous residue leav­ing its imprint
on our skin, our shoes, our clothes;
the inner lin­ing of our lobed lungs -
and then, after the storm,
baux­ite sludge blear­ing the road
so that we our­selves are almost made
metal­lic aluminium.

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