(From the Oct/Nov Zephyr) More Poets, Fewer Lawyers…Poetry by Amy Brunvand

Excerpt:

As we pass through one of the largest mines in the world
A word of caution:
Please wear goggles and proper safety equipment.
Watch carefully for abstractions of technology.
Keep away from rapidly moving machinery,
Live explosives, high voltage power cables.
Beware momentary paralysis.
Avoid falling rocks.

In 1906, this was a mountain,
A disposable universe of molten rock;
This codified nullity,
This monument of total annihilation.
This vast pluton of involuntary memory,
Was a Gift from Nature…

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