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Eternal granite, crystalline scree, agates, boulders, rise
to hills, towering tors,* mutinous mountains, endlessly growing
rising, lifted,  then toppled by the fiery rebirth of draconic lava**

Like the cracked shell of an avian egg***/ **** both molten yolk
and watery albumen mark the passage of time, the swings
of the multiverse, they pacify Charon’s passage on the Styx

Seen and unseen the arched openings spiral, poled in ten
dimensions by exigent mathematical quandaries, branching
boles boldly rooting in islands of primordial I, chained

screeching***** shadows infer larger beings who manhandle
the infinite construct of finite man 



*Alliteration Repetition of consonant sounds [
** Hyperbole A figure of speech involving exaggeration.
*** Assonance The repetition of similar vowel sounds [A vian, A gg]
**** Simile A figure of speech involving a comparison between unlike
things using like, as, or as though.
*****Onomatopoeia a word that imitates the sound it represents
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Yvonne Avatar
October 1, 2014 at 9:17 AM
A pleasure to read.
Mcdaid Avatar
September 29, 2014 at 4:29 PM
really excellent visions painted very beautifully painted debbie
Lamoureux Avatar
September 29, 2014 at 3:41 PM
I like fantasy writes like this filled with incredible imagery.
Parker Avatar
September 28, 2014 at 6:42 PM
those who board Charon's boat never return
Guzzi Avatar
September 28, 2014 at 7:11 PM
to this universe ;)
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