GENESIS
Out
of the void of anticipation
Out
of the time before time began
Out
of the fire that sparked creation
Out
of the earth that rooted a clan
Africa
swirled
Africa
spun
Africa
world
Africa
one
Out
of the lava of molten streams
Out
of the swamps of fetid earth
Out
of the semiotic dreams
Out
of the soils of fecund birth
Africa
rose
Africa
spread
Africa
chose
Africa
bled
From
frothing seas and putrid ponds
With
plankton tide and Pisces spawn
Life
bloomed and bred and burst with fronds
And
oceans glowed with Darwin’s dawn
Africa
yawned
Africa
breathed
Africa
formed
Africa
seethed
From
fertile plains and sandy shores
Some
creatures crept and leapt to flight
With
fleeting flanks and razor claws
While others learned to walk upright
Copyright 2012 Wayne Visser
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