by Pavel Chichikov
Dragonfly, before the coal,
Abdomen a keel of fire
Wings like resonating wire
Falcon swift
But long ago,
Now through Cenozoic light
I see you softly
Touch the marigold
You carboniferous desire
Of the infinitely old.
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