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A Simple Molecule
10/22/22 Nan Roche Power over land, it carves even granite Solidified by cold,
yet is soft as a baby’s skin. it sits on the poles and mountains
It starts with a trickle of water It can raze whole towns like a nesting hen,
which knows where it must be going. when pushed and surged by a fickle wind, sending glacial fingers
Some subtle declination into unsuspecting valleys.
gives it its destiny. spun up in equatorial waters.
A simple molecule. It drives the earth’s weather
RECONCILIATION Strange stuff, There would be no life like a mixing bowl.
the simplest of molecules, without its existence Glaciers will disappear,
Water soluble charcoal on watercolor paper
eventually to reach the sea ice will melt,
12” x 18”
and turn the planet blue. as it bathes the embryos of crocodiles, the cities of man will disappear,
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cuckoos, and cassowaries alike,
Life’s potential bathed in it. mimicking the mother sea on land its undeniable power
Holding up whales, in both egg and placenta. will rule this fragile orb
turning them into creatures with impunity and impudence.
of lithe grace like massive ballerinas. 21 Yet, such a simple molecule.
