glacier words
- panta rhei
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glacier words
taking a morning bath underneath vatnajoekull glacier, iceland, 1990.
picture taken from a paper photograph.
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idly
i walk along the
glacier words
scrawled by
the hunger of
absence
naked
from one stone touched
to the next stone
named
the undulating dreams
set loose
by the heaving of air
i walk
at the limit of summer
on the stone-pillowed
ways of remoteness
my footsteps
crossing
with yours
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- panta rhei
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walked the glaciers once upon a time
when youth's sweet summer took me away
from riots in Detroit and summer employment
lost in clouds and tundra walked a great circle
spotting dung from sheep and bear
counting mosses and lichens meter by meter
down a valley slope with potentiometer readings
and record keeping, a sling psychrometer for dew points
when air was fresh and un-tainted by anger or de·ceit
ah then came the fall i signed it all away
for military scholarship and pilots wings
the glaciers melted the moss dried up
defoliation and carpet bombing burned into my psyche
a shattered confidence a strange guiding hand
took me down to the ground and into the streets
into loss and despair and bewilderment
took me back into detroit driving taxi at night
along rosa parks boulevard with sisters of color
and brothers celebrating the fourth of july
and Muslim saints in crowded marketplaces
and pimps and queens and dope runs across town
the urban sanctuary for inner city bums
on the run from mainstream conformity
a penance to pay for living the dream
of life liberty and the pursuit of happiness
the road less traveled
more or less
when youth's sweet summer took me away
from riots in Detroit and summer employment
lost in clouds and tundra walked a great circle
spotting dung from sheep and bear
counting mosses and lichens meter by meter
down a valley slope with potentiometer readings
and record keeping, a sling psychrometer for dew points
when air was fresh and un-tainted by anger or de·ceit
ah then came the fall i signed it all away
for military scholarship and pilots wings
the glaciers melted the moss dried up
defoliation and carpet bombing burned into my psyche
a shattered confidence a strange guiding hand
took me down to the ground and into the streets
into loss and despair and bewilderment
took me back into detroit driving taxi at night
along rosa parks boulevard with sisters of color
and brothers celebrating the fourth of july
and Muslim saints in crowded marketplaces
and pimps and queens and dope runs across town
the urban sanctuary for inner city bums
on the run from mainstream conformity
a penance to pay for living the dream
of life liberty and the pursuit of happiness
the road less traveled
more or less
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[color=darkcyan]i'm on a survival mission
yo ho ho an a bottle of rum om[/color]
yo ho ho an a bottle of rum om[/color]
- stilltrucking
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glacier hearts
when I think of my father
when I think of my father
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- stilltrucking
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I forgot to thank you for the beautiful
I noticed lately that I am starting to write english the way arcadia does,
I can see the german in your english
Such a descriptive language, I can understand why Medical schools in the US back in my day would prefer that all pre-med students have at least four semesters of German
It took me a moment to realize what you meant.picture taken from a paper photograph
I noticed lately that I am starting to write english the way arcadia does,
I can see the german in your english
Such a descriptive language, I can understand why Medical schools in the US back in my day would prefer that all pre-med students have at least four semesters of German
urban hermitwalk
at the limit of summer
on the stone-pillowed
ways of remoteness
swept up leaves
from perennial green trees
never shedding a doubt
on remote wilderbeast women
walking about the planet
as yang to yin
bringing balance
in sober reflection
[color=darkcyan]i'm on a survival mission
yo ho ho an a bottle of rum om[/color]
yo ho ho an a bottle of rum om[/color]
- stilltrucking
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- Joined: October 24th, 2004, 12:29 pm
- Location: Oz or somepLace like Kansas
- stilltrucking
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- Location: Oz or somepLace like Kansas
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