past the desalination plant
along the old coastal road
the human landscape begins to alter
this is a harsh, functional Arrecife
untouched by beauty
a hard and industrial place
where we find the hulk of the ‘Telamon’
lying rusting in the port of Los Mármoles
since 1981 and where a narrow path
through gunmetal fencing -
each railing sharpened like a spear,
leads to a landing dock
where a man in a fluorescent suit
drags a huge chain
over the grey uncluttered concrete
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