TO ADVANCE IN THE TUNDRA BY MARCIA ARRIETA

to disappear in time
we collect memories
stoke the fire
half-woman half-man half-animal half-bird

to disappear in time
we collect memories
stoke the fire
half-woman half-man half-animal half-bird

& in the distance—
the full moon, the arrow, the unicorn, the dinosaur, the sun
we gather the stones, the shells, the bones
across continents across lifetimes
keepers of the land & sky