The land was a body. Aching bones of mountains limned with boreal forest
veined with iron.
Men dwelt on the body. Erecting altars, howling and dancing round fires
their patriarchal beards knotted and waving
Men killed on the body. Waving crude axes like ancient trailblazers of war
Would wave mammoth club-like femurs
Bodies slay different bodies so they may die somewhere on this body
That heaves with the rock
Oct 20, 2011
Oct 20, 2011 at 12:18 PM UTC
The land was a body. Aching bones of mountains limned with boreal forest
veined with iron.
Men dwelt on the body. Erecting altars, howling and dancing round fires
their patriarchal beards knotted and waving
Men killed on the body. Waving crude axes like ancient trailblazers of war
Would wave mammoth club-like femurs
Bodies slay different bodies so they may die somewhere on this body
That heaves with the rock