Pangaea breaking up
a raindrop forming
ice crystal halo arcs appearing opposite the sun
a man
crossing hundreds of miles
of Greenland snow and ice
You maintain equilibrium
by isostasy
feeling the ground
move beneath your feet
blue-eyed Viking raider of the sky
Savaged by critics and enemies
listening totheir sarcastic tirades
he sits silently
without responding
smoking his pipe
They found him dead
lying on a reindeer skin
inside his tent
on the Greenland icecap
face calm and peaceful
almost smiling
and over him his friends
raised an ice mausoleum
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