#1995 - before the ice and after

 

1995

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before the ice and after

 

and out on our assymetrical limb

 

were creatures, things grew

 

beech, birch, spruce, alder, sassafras

 

bird was the first breath here –

a speculative venture

 

what can be brought in a beak?

Yggdrasil

 

at one time a tree was the world

 

who knew?

we’re still guessing

 

variation in orbit, precessional cycle

 

will the Muscovites capture the king?

 

the chieftains play on without

 

you could say, with a wobble at the top

 

when we think of dwelling, it’s of ourselves

any creature would

 

after the ice

and the ice is still

 

was it birch blow?

did the currents bring?

 

before the ice, for a long time after

                       no flag grew

I think it will be fair to say

 

sheep was the colour and that was all

 

the rain in its turn

 

some of the seeds must have come by berg

 

birds were the first settlers

 

did the fish sing of this?

they will!

 

today it’s national day

 

but no island really is

 

they raise all the flags in China for here

 

there’s a little puffin too