Using the phrases "fumbling with straps in the dark" and "feel the land's pull, its terrible magnet," could you write a short poem or piece of creative writing that captures the essence of the text material provided?
Generate according to: to trace constellations at night.
fumbling with straps in the dark.
Me in a box room. Star-gazing.
Natasha is sixteen, drunk on Flemish Beer.
to jump into the English Channel.
of the hypermarché restaurant. Leave her.
Hang around with a walkman on deck.
Pretend you’re in a pop video. Mime at grey.
Forget the rows of white crosses in Ypres.
Vow to get further than any of them.
Be different. Pause. Breathe in salted air.
Go back to the girls with sore heads.
Watch the milky light of England rise.
See everything in front of you, fogged.
Feel the land’s pull, its terrible magnet.
till it’s a mirror for her forced smile.
will she gather tips in a coffee jar.
will she wear her alchemist’s overalls.
Home is seven days away on a ship.
and waits for batter to turn into gold.
(first published in Drifting Down the Lane: Art and Poetry Explorations, ed. A. Marton and H. Lawler, Moon and Mountain 2013).
This prompt doesn't seem malicious.