- Draft 1:
there is a
video
on my
little camera
I play it
when
the cold
Rochester sky
envelops me
poorly
edited,
it starts
with a too close shot
of scorched
red leg
and one
loosely tied shoe
the waves
come in
and
forgetting why they’ve come
go out
again
just as
quickly
the video
stops
just a clip
saved for
cold and
colder days
but
memories remain
stare at
Atlantic Ocean
a color
that should
get its own
paint chip
in Home
Depot
breathe in
evaporated smell
of fish
and salt
and sun
baked rocks
feel hot
sun
too many
hours have past
since the
now burnt skin
was covered
in SPF
I’m back in
Rhode Island
the crushed
bits
of rock
stuck under
my fingernails
the names
of ancient
geologic
processes
echo
in my head
the sun
warms the side of a breathtaking cliff…
the
chemical formulas
for mica
and quartz
linger
in my brain
a gull
chatters against the ocean spray…
four years
of
knowing
learning
trying
to remember
lost in the
beauty of
simple
perfect
lovely
rocks
- Draft 2:
The Worth of a Degree in Geology
there is a
video
on my
little camera
I play it
when
the cold
Rochester sky
envelops me
poorly
edited,
it starts
with a too close shot
of scorched
red leg
and one
loosely tied shoe
the waves
come in
and
forgetting why they’ve come
go out
again
just as
quickly
the video
stops
just a clip
saved for
cold and
colder days
but
memories remain
stare at
Atlantic Ocean
a color
that should
get its own
paint chip
in Home
Depot
breathe in
evaporated smell
of fish
and salt
and sun
baked rocks
feel hot
sun
too many
hours have past
since the
now burnt skin
was covered
in SPF
I’m back in
Rhode Island
the crushed
bits
of rock
stuck under
my fingernails
the names
of ancient
geologic
processes
echo
in my head
the sun
warms the side of a breathtaking cliff…
the
chemical formula
for mica
KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
lingers
in my brain
a gull
chatters against the ocean spray…
four years
of
knowing
learning
trying
to remember
lost in the
beauty of
simple
perfect
lovely
rocks
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