High Tide of Limestone
(c) Michael St.Mark 2009
Birkrigg common; Furness, Cumbria
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Prose Integral to the Work
Once upon a Carboniferous Period time
the COMPRESSEDSHELLSBONES of billions of sea creatures
made the sea bed, now
raised high in the sky
by gargantuan planetary forces
a millimeter a year
for millions of years.
I sit upon this ancient gray graveyard
contemplating eternity while
eating a Milky Way
M. St.M ( the Dada geology teacher )
( click to bring the tide in )
Related posts from 2005/2006; ” Two Thousand Feet Beach “& ” High Tide of Wood”
https://londondada.art/2006/06/02/work_226_a_two_thousand_foot_beach848831/