Archipelogos II
and the islands sloughed off
the mainland
in a continuum geocritical
break upon break
division upon division
of terrestrial meisosis
many in the many
no man is Robinson Crusoe Island
but I have lived on him
quakes that break
great lakes and landmasses
fed to fish
glacier crack
tumble to the
opening of an avalanche
the cold shakes us
to remind of life
amongst cold feet
amongst microbes
struggling for air
frozen since inception
what is life?
says the microbe
for want of air
and atmosphere
what is fertile?
what is soil?
what is fecund?
in the single cell
on an island of ice
off the age of the equator
it breaks
it breaks.
the mainland
in a continuum geocritical
break upon break
division upon division
of terrestrial meisosis
many in the many
no man is Robinson Crusoe Island
but I have lived on him
quakes that break
great lakes and landmasses
fed to fish
glacier crack
tumble to the
opening of an avalanche
the cold shakes us
to remind of life
amongst cold feet
amongst microbes
struggling for air
frozen since inception
what is life?
says the microbe
for want of air
and atmosphere
what is fertile?
what is soil?
what is fecund?
in the single cell
on an island of ice
off the age of the equator
it breaks
it breaks.