glacier
kyla
Like
the
dinosaurs
,
who
left
behind
them
birds
and
reptiles, diminutive versions
of
their
former
selves
:
You
will
say
mountain
glaciers
are
still
quite
large
,
from
a
human
standpoint,
which
we
are
all
wont
to
take
.
But
,
when
I
am
very
sad
,
I
sometimes
imagine
the
continental
field
of
ice
under
which
I
would
be
now
crushed
.
And
the
thought
brings
the
most
beautiful
glitter
to
field
of
vision
.
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...
kyla
...
to
MY
field
of
vision
.
(
sigh
)
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...
pilgrim
I
once
stood
Hitchhiking
near
the
base
of
the
Columbian Glacier
in
Alberta
,
It
was
a
Warm
Sunny
Day
in
Mid
Summer
,
The
Cold
Air
Flowing
Down
the
Slope
from
the
Ice
Sheet
a
Mile
Away
forced
me
to
don several
shirts
and
my
jacket
and
it
was
still
like
standing
in
the
freezer
.
The
Ice
Age
is
Not
Over
,
It
is
Lurking
in
the
High
Mountains
Biding
It's
Time
.
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...
magpie
across
the
water
and
over
the
mountain
it's
up
there
in
the
high
alpine
living
.
moving
.
melting
.
(
the
glacier)
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...
magpie
-carving
the
rocks
-
shaping
the
forests
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...
magpie
-feeding
the
salmon-
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what's it to you?
who
go
blather
from
