The Glaciers and Cadmium Dust
two poems
The Glaciers
when you said
“we’re a family”
the glaciers melted.
Cadmium Dust
Four months I’ve been mining this charred soil,
looking for a safe box,
in case it holds a family photo.
Image: Paysage de Montagne Avec Glacier by Alexandre Calame, ca. 1857-1862. Oil on Cardboard.