Living Canals of Britain (Free Style)

Through expelling networks of narrowed watery veins
Carved deep into the earthy flesh
Across towering aqueducts pulsated
The hidden tunnels dug deep beneath the brawn
The controlling rise and fall of durable substances flowed
Supplying lifeblood to the hearts of industrial cities
Pumping out through the arteries of this sceptered isle.

Watery lifeblood soon ceased to flow
Snaking paralleled networks of steel
Scratching the very surface of the earthy skin
Surgically gnawing at the cities' industrial hearts
Watery arteries pumped no more
The flesh wounded deep by the war torn atrocities of man
The vein like watered graves soon drained
Discarded by the decaying remnants of time
Injected by the neglectful minds of those passing by.

A trickle of watery hope flows through the now lifeless veins
Cutting through the discarded rusty remnants of yesteryear
Dredged by the celestial saviours' clawing hands
Unclogging the decaying vessels of our industrialised heritage
Restitching the wounds of the once infected scars
Transporting new lifeblood
The watery arteries pumped once more
Durable substances no longer abound
The leisurely pursuits doth flow.