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a small stone here on your desk in Canadian mica light
a disk of fossilised trunk from a primeval obelisk you found
as you took your leave of the farm, its soil folding back into night
from glass-slimed clotting silt this stone gleam unwound
a disk of fossilised trunk from a primeval obelisk you found
silent seepings through sediment, steepings of milky groundwater
from glass-slimed clotting silt this stone gleam unwound
guilelessly palmed Palaeozoic charm from the Vredefort crater
silent seepings through sediment, steepings of milky groundwater
alliance of zinc and silicate: longing and light against magma’s gravity
guilelessly palmed Palaeozoic charm from the Vredefort crater
the earth is one and releases you from patrimony
alliance of zinc and silicate: longing and light against magma’s gravity
earthplated mantle and crust sang their gigabyte mantras so sweetly
the earth is one and releases you from patrimony
the earth belongs to no one and is molten eternity
earthplated mantle and crust sang their gigabyte mantras so sweetly
as you took your leave of the farm, its soil folding back into night
the earth belongs to no one and is molten eternity
a small stone here on your desk in Canadian mica light
