Diane Hine - Outpost

OUTPOST
Gneiss forged from granite,
steadfast in consuming seas.
Orange, pink and grey.
Corals find anchor below
where buffalo bream patrol.

ELECTRICITY
Nature's fat reserves,
borrowed from the yielding earth.
Coursing overhead.
Languid lines span slim pylons,
sinuous skeletal art.

UNIVERSE
Dripping tufa encrusted limestone overhangs a hidden
sliver of beach where, amid foot-swallowing water-logged seaweed,
a small blue and yellow crab leads a vast and boundless life.

Diane Hine

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