Fault Lines Re-Drawn

There was a great asthenospheric disruption
Followed by parallel volcanic eruptions
There was a great, abrupt tectonic shift
In a moment, a million years of continental drift

The ground shook like a wet dog out of water 
Mother earth swatted her sons and daughters
The fault lines re-created all notions of cartography
Beneath coal mines, earth re-wrote her autobiography

Out of the havoc sprang a deeper appreciation
Of how life is led in an "advanced' civilization
Such planetary tumult resolved every human dispute
And made humanity, as geography, to transmute 

Just as battles lines are re-drawn, so are fault lines
Within the confines of the denouement, we all felt fine
When the fourth wall is broken down by the stage director
We've emptied the garden of Eden of all its nectar

Copyright © | Year Posted 2016



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Date: 12/9/2016 1:40:00 PM
Cheers, Trey. I see this inscribed on the base of a new pillar, as civilization makes another try.
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Trey Hamner
Date: 12/11/2016 12:02:00 AM
Thank you very much Doug...ever heard of The Elberton Guidestones? Check it out.
Date: 12/9/2016 12:39:00 PM
Congratulations Trey :)
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Trey Hamner
Date: 12/11/2016 12:01:00 AM
Thank you, Heidi.
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