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molten times, volcanising immensity, vast plateau
  belly-belching landform
  oceans, shallow seas and lakes swell up and down
  land-bridging, submerging
  any one place moving astride, stutter-shifting
  continental drifting world
  climate changes over faster beating rhythms
  cyclic seasons weathering

  life evolves, experimenting, two-legged trouble-makers
  hereabouts, arriving late
  Neanderthal cousins sighted, far side of inland lake
  but stayed beyond the present sea
  hibernian habitation, human hunter-gathering
  before the ice southward creeps
  fast-forward intervening beats, land and water shaping
  into more familiar forms

  exploratory, escaping, trading highways
  seaways to the future
  Beannchor looks on, fabulous pivoting place
  the past echoing down to now
  once important monkish learning centre, eyes on books
  interbreeding Norsemen plunder
  restless men of habit, joys of joyless frugal living
  moving on to spread the word

  Neolithic forbears, seasoning up and down the hill
  polytheists and pagan celts
  Christendom, much double-dealing, rival clans
  power-broking, over-lording
  patronage of villainous kingdoms across the water
  colonised forfeit lands
  old family estate on wings of many-faced town
  canopy-poking memory tower

  woodland, folding fields, working farms, the fringe lands
  golf courses intermingling
  scan over three main spires, wind turbine, swathes of buildings
  wider vista to hills beyond
  fortress castle, monstrous chimney, hidden salt mines
  headlands, cliff-backed coast
  mulls and islands, volcanic plug, the distant Isle of Man
  sea of loughs, firths and channel

  sandy bays punctuate slanting, rocky shore
  intimate glens running down
  old local harbour, cave of legend, bathing pool
  scenic railway, land called ' Carnalea '
  filled-in bay of boats, seafront parading further back
  demolition site, stuff of dreams
  next the beach of groynes, encircling period houses
  windmill and river meadow

  fun-day resort, funny substance drinking nights
  chew-gumming pavements
  some swear the aurora borealis flickering
  leisure centre, detoxifying
  congregations multiplying, pathways to heaven
  special pleading, precious people
  brave immigrants to these needful shores arriving
  stirring up the fearful ones

  signs of confidence waning, scorched earth pallet piling
  boundary flags shouting
  beleaguered para-minds strut their stuff, noisy passing by
  adapting to more peaceful times
  identity parade, loyal encampments on the margin
  looking in, not looking out
  some lift their eyes, watching trains, boats and planes
  carrying the children of tomorrow
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