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Waxen rock stalactites

This is flowstone stalactite formation in an underground cavern, Upstate, NY. It inspired this poem (©2016 Michael Dickel);

Waxen rock stalactites...
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This is flowstone stalactite formation in an underground cavern, Upstate, NY. It inspired this poem (©2016 Michael Dickel);

Waxen rock stalactites stagnant
statuary saluting state solicitude
sinking down toward infinite regressions
redressing so much history while laughing
at the self-importance sliding by like drips
without any minerals to paint onto
geologic time her story more complete
waxing poetic along the fault lines.
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