Ocean haze gives way
To Orion stringing his bow
To hunt hearts and wild boar
For a cappuccino empress
So divine she must be Nepali
The earnest one encourages perspective
Unforced and transcending documentation
To story to art to community
The pinnacle of us all
All of us
The landscape defines culture
Culture determines our fate
We evolved slowly from the mountaintops
Now deep undersea
Awaiting earthquakes
We slip over depth sounding
To gauge the draft
Through a gauntlet
Or derrick isles
Freighters preferred to skirt
Ransom-seeking buccaneers
Laden with weapons from a
Floating armory