Do you remember how the trail that switchbacked up to the quartz mine seemed to have gone on for miles didn't it ?
Then like an explosion !Kablooey! a quarry
of gilded and luminescent stone about faced us as if it were a temple.
Then like an explosion !Kablooey! a quarry
of gilded and luminescent stone about faced us as if it were a temple.
Golden alder leaves shimmy like sequins on the dress of a Parisian chanteuse.
We danced to the songs of
We danced to the songs of
Fortuny
Lao Tzu Black Elk &the Pixies
Lao Tzu Black Elk &the Pixies
Acropolis Eames Gaudi
Stonehenge Chartres Altamira
Vortex Filament lysergic
Bride descending the Staircase fragment/broken glass
Psychokiller.
Black mica shards cut through my sandals.
I crush the quartz in my teeth as if it were ice.
I crush the quartz in my teeth as if it were ice.
I once trusted the whiteness (&the wilderness) but now know that darkness was there, wasn’t it?
Not in the mica but in the caverns of glistening rock.
Not in the mica but in the caverns of glistening rock.
My heart was tender as a mountain peak.
Your's was an alder staff gliding along the river like an otter foraging for salmon.
Your's was an alder staff gliding along the river like an otter foraging for salmon.
I have replaced my blood with the green of reflected pools and sink holes.
My hair has grown mossy and wicked.
You'll live happily ever after now
as I remain here
as I remain here
on this hilltop
you
once
hung
your hat on.
