Someone
lifted it again, let in light
and
poisonous fresh air.
Shock to my
system, sadistic impulse
shared by history’s
great explorers –
find it,
name it, stick a frigging flag
in it,
package and market it.
Next time feel
free to leave this little
plot of
earth undiscovered.
(Originally appeared in Issue 9 of Congruent Spaces)
