MIA: A Found Poem

In the Miami Airport (duller than dishwater, don´t go there!) the one intriguing decorative feature is a long piece/poem about the Everglades, written on the floor, which you can follow up and down the ultra-modern corridor. I was in this airport for 6 hours, and I walked up and down said corridor more times than I can (or wish to) count. I never actually read the poem straight through, but some of the words in it jumped out at me and I spent 20 minutes or so with my eyes glued to the floor, writing down bits and pieces. Then when I finally made it to the airplane I wrote/made/constructed this poem.

I should say ¨draft¨ of a poem, as it is at about version 3000 now, and I am not at all convinced I´m making it better. Perhaps if I ever get to sleep...

MIA

vague watery rock
ancient and unseen
lines never to be tamed
luminous roots etched slow
centuries glitter throughout
one body pure intractable flight
ragged wing tips wrinkle and rise
balanced life forms courage
foolishness inevitable
growth magnificent matings
vary fierce acres in themselves
not unique half-sleep
bright monotonous shadow drift,
vanish beyond crackling clouds
moon-coloured eyes peering
at everything.

N.