Let the fossil record show
that:
We were enveloped by amber
that fell in thick sheets from the sky
Unbeknownst to us, or so we liked to believe,
we stepped into the dark woods of danger
The Event and the Re-Revelation lurked
and the Epiphany mocked us with Bison
Let the fossil record show
that:
Fake news and false, for-profit Prophets
drove merchants of a certain stripe from a Temple
Allegory wept in a corner
as fire spluttered expiation
Tempered by the thirst of volcanoes
she stepped through it, dancerly
and became enshrined in Time.
Pina Piccolo, from one of the outer edges of the Empire, January 8, 2021
Cover art: Photo by Melina Piccolo.