Year of Gold

Ilene Kuehl
Nov 1 · 1 min read

Parables of the Prehistoric Forest

Photo by MUILLU on Unsplash

A story, a lore
it’s written in the leaves and the water,

in the hide of ancient animals,
in the realm of the dinosaur.

Iron and ore, chip away at the amber,
into the heart of the fossil,

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Ilene Kuehl

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Video game writer & Tokyoite. I write about writing, art, and how to do Tokyo. Editor of Poetry for the Impoverished Soul. Spirit animal is C-3PO.

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