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© |
if |
the |
sun |
would |
ever
|
set
|
, we |
would |
|
eye- |
witness |
the |
northern |
lights. |
As |
it |
is |
|
|
the |
pale |
orb |
wanders |
in |
suspenders |
, diffused |
||
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and |
scattered |
(C) |
in |
a
land |
so |
swollen |
with |
|
|
lakes , |
the |
only |
land is |
Islands |
-patchy |
tundra |
that |
weaves |
|
the |
ice |
flats |
and |
snowdrifts |
together |
,
a |
||
|
sodden |
sponge |
C-saturated |
then |
super |
-cooled |
© |
the |
|
|
diamonds |
sleep |
in lake |
beds |
biding |
beneath |
the |
ice |
|
|
encapsulated |
in |
Kimberlite |
pipes |
-volcanic |
orgasms |
|||
|
from |
the |
mantle |
that |
never |
quite |
puncture |
the |
|
|
crust |
C |
“Fuck |
it. |
We’ll |
drill |
it” |
-says |
the |
|
king |
of |
spades, |
despite |
the |
ambiguity |
in
the |
ramp |
|
|
corrected |
resistivity |
plots. |
(I |
also |
over |
heard |
||
|
him |
say |
once |
that |
this
is |
not
a |
job |
for
|
those |
|
with |
loved |
ones). |
On |
Starfish |
|
we
|
lay |
|
|
out |
the |
wire , |
loop |
within |
loop |
after |
loop |
within |
|
loop , |
guided |
by a |
grid |
of |
neon-vested |
sentries |
||
|
guarding |
each |
coordinate |
pair |
making |
absolute |
|||
|
unassuming |
points. |
( come |
late
|
summer |
the |
ice |
will |
|
|
thaw |
and |
the |
pickets |
will |
scatter |
and |
float |
on
the |
|
lake |
© |
stars |
in the |
sky ) |
nothing |
definite |
nothing |
|
|
defined |
. It’s |
a struggle |
just |
to
see |
with |
a
light |
that |
|
|
sheds |
no |
definition , |
our |
senses |
deprived |
by
the |
||
|
bleak |
(C) |
white |
expanse |
- |
let |
alone |
to
find |
© |
|
diamonds |
under |
a |
frozen |
lake |
. We |
toil |
as
the |
|
|
sun |
circles |
around |
the |
horizon |
in
a |
day |
that |
will |
|
never |
end . |
We are |
the |
eyes |
and |
ears |
that |
work |
|
for a |
wage |
but |
that |
will |
never |
see |
a |
single |
|
diamond.
C |
the |
hands |
that
|
pull |
the |
purse |
strings |
|
|
will |
never |
taste |
their |
own |
blood |
,
as |
they |
wait |
|
in the |
warmth |
of the |
core |
shack- |
Never |
to |
taste |
the |
|
Caribou |
migrating |
in |
mass |
numbers |
like |
refugees |
||
|
and |
the |
wolves |
in a |
calculated |
pursuit |
-
What |
it |
|
|
must |
be |
like |
to be |
so |
hungry |
and |
cold |
,
to |
|
drink |
the |
fresh |
steaming |
blood |
brewed |
by
|
years |
|
|
of |
chewing |
lichen |
off of |
rocks |
under |
hard- |
packed |
snow |
|
and |
ice
. |
These |
men |
can |
pull |
the |
trigger |
that |
|
blood- |
stains |
the |
angelic |
white |
feathers
of the |
ptarmigan |
||
|
but |
they |
can’t |
taste |
the |
need |
© |
,
the |
dry |
|
cold |
desire. |
Blinded |
by the |
dredging |
nets |
they |
drop |
|
|
through |
holes |
in the |
ice- |
these |
are
|
men |
that
|
hunt |
|
to |
kill |
and not |
to eat, |
trying |
to
see |
something |
they |
|
|
will |
never |
© |
be |
able |
to
see |
,
sucking |
the |
|
|
life |
out |
of a |
buck |
as
they |
bring |
it
into |
their |
sights |
|
They |
sign |
the |
checks |
that |
harden |
our |
pupils |
into
© |
|
magnets |
and |
harness |
the |
©-flux |
into |
numbers |
,
to |
live |
|
like |
ghosts |
on an |
eggshell
. C |
A |
nail |
hangs |
on
a |
|
|
string |
below |
a |
bare |
light |
bulb |
that |
never |
has
a |
|
need. |
A clock |
‘ticks’ |
off |
time |
(
we |
invent |
a
schedule |
|
|
in the |
absence |
of |
daily |
closure |
)
the |
diesel |
trucks |
are |
|
kept |
running |
24 |
hours |
a
day |
in |
fear |
that |
they |
|
will |
never |
start |
again. |
The |
rest |
of
us | ||