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Anthropogenic

M. A. Schaffner

There was a time when Pterodactyls flew
around the atrium through the fountain
that spurted up three storeys in the mall.

This shows it was never about just shopping
but the seafood crisis and thermal drafts
emanating from the first floor food court.

No, I can᾿t imagine what it felt then,
torn from oceanic vistas and plains
as vast as half the planet, as the roads

that tie one outlet plaza to the next
in a necklace of the world᾿s great wonders
then hung around its winged serpent᾿s neck.

Our own necks swell each day. Our collars shrink
to match the slow contraction of the time
allowed for empty spaces on the maps.

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