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stay above the surface
among exposed roots and rivulets
mangroves tops and moss carpets
float down channels and canals
manmade or the best example
of Martian engineering
carve up the world
savannah or desert
a dried up plain of baked earth
where a droplet is a well
where torrents used to flow
and now the land caves in
flake by flake
time's fingerprints dissolved
or get stuck in a muddy mess
swamps and bogs
an other such novelty environs
hold your ground with sticky tenacity
there is no protection
in a world that has stopped moving
no distraction and only the presence
of all kinds of predatory things
but in the water
keep an open mind
a soft touch
standing your ground
dams up the flow
gets you stuck in the gutter
so put up your feet
let go and give way
no shell
no scaffolding
now that is what I call
fearless living
even a still pond does a ripple
takes on an ornate solar reflection
glare convergence offers safe passage
keeps those with a taste for the vulnerable
otherwise occupied with shiny mirages
hovering in aqua-space
constant ciliation
flamboyantly tender
doggedly persistent
finlike solar sails
sparkling anodized, fleshy hulls
whiskers in all directions
never intimidated by harder things
spineless
Spineless is copyright Pryde Foltz
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I can feel myself lifting from my chair as I type this ;) Such an expansive write, and wonderfully phrased throughout!
Thank you, Lazarus:)
You have some the best turns of phrase!
Pryde, I saw where you upvoted it – I’d really appreciate your critique of the first chapter of my SciFi WIP, The Time It Takes To Die. https://steemit.com/story/@momzillanc/the-time-it-takes-to-die-a-scifi-wip
It is a good story, Denise. Well-written. I am super busy right now though with a few things ... can I get back to you in few days with more notes?
Sure.
Excellent work, Pryde! Your poem contains a tour of different types of landscape representing states or characteristics of what you paint with the images.
Thank you, Zeleira:)
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Great post!
Thanks for tasting the eden!