Thursday, July 17, 2014

dungeness still




peering
down th front of
a dim narrow
hole in a rock
formation there
are glittery
shapes inside

microscopic
memories are
petrified by
sudden terrific
force into
stained-glass snapshots
gathering in
crystalline
fangs hung from
above

i think:
theres a place
worth spelunking
but i don't
have the gear or
any cursory
knowledge of
spelunking

rivers of time
pump from fissures;
hot springs underneath,
more and more
memories pointing up
from smoother, rounder
incisors in
th hot, clear
gaseous water

there's this
documentary
about
underground caves
in mexico
where some other
subterranean
nation must wave
a purple flag
that reflects all
back in shining
lights and extends
into walls of
shimmering pinks
to deep navy,
experience so
rich in detail
one could only
grow too smart for
their own good in
a sea-level
world too dumb to
exist


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