“Walk gently on them. This spine is the A470; these palms are Ebbw, Wye, Sirhowy. This tongue is Henry VIII’s Act of Union, these lungs pneumoconiosis, these rumbling guts the Gurnos, this neck Dic Penderyn. This manner of speaking is my children, my children’s children.
These vital organs are Nye Bevan, this liver Richard Burton, this blood my father. These eyes have been underground for generations; now they’re adjusting to the light.
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