Icthyosaur Flashcards
1
Q
the broken flotilla
A
of a pilgrimmage. Bone-pods open their secret marrow
2
Q
Behind glass
A
she dies, birth giving.
3
Q
Millions of years
A
too late it can still move us
4
Q
the frozen baby
A
turning its head to the world at the last moment as all babies do. Drowned as it learned to live.
5
Q
strangled at birth
A
by the mothering cord.
6
Q
perhaps the earth
A
heaved, slapped a burning hand on both of them
7
Q
leaving only
A
a grace of bones eloquent as a word in stone.
