eagle claws
like matches in a tinderbox
struck pyrite
and swallowed it whole
washed it down a long hose
like a gizzard
to endlessly hungry industrial chicks
with gaping mouths
a regurgitated meal
snatched out of the earth
by metal talons
that sparked wild fires from cracked stone
and burned the Native forest down
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Words and Photography ©2017 Tanya Cliff ~ to contact me
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Fantastic imagery
Thank you very much! I’m glad you enjoyed the piece.😊
I agree with the last comment…a lot of great images are brought to mind with this poem. Good work, Tanya!
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Thank you, Steve! We’ve been given so many examples in nature where nothing is wasted. We are slow to learn.
Hope you are having a great day!😊
It is good to be the best of stewards with all that we have and use. I agree, we are not quick to learn that lesson!
I am having a better day today than yesterday, thank you…
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Glad to hear that, Steve!
Reblogged this on The Militant Negro™.
Thank you for the share!
Always my pleasure Ms. Tanya.
Phenomenal imagery
Thank you, Manuel! Glad you enjoyed it.
Always such a pleasure
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Deeply felt and delicately written, Tanya. Great!
Thank you so much, Jennie! Have a wonderful weekend.😊
My pleasure, Tanya. Happy weekend to you, too. 😀
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powerful message here
Thank you, Dave. Humans are so destructive, but we don’t have to be. I appreciate the feedback!
Thank you so much! That is a good read of both the poem and my thoughts on some of what we call industrial “progress”.