There is speak of latency and pregnant pauses, for epochs. From Cambrian to Devonian, and all things antediluvian. The stone, the bronze, the golden age. and the age of wood and wool, Of wool, and wood. Of mahogany, and mohair. An age of comfort and kindness, of nanas wasting idly in rocking chairs, Knitting sweaters big as continents, for the sons and daughters, Of their sons and daughters. with the loom and swoop and stitch. While each toc and tic, Turns grandma to dust and to death Then to be latent again, in a universe of dust. A star, with a secret harbor, of virtue. A constellation, lassoed, in her honor. Blessing all with patience Shining benevolent, and intentionless, For all to see.