The Study of Man’s Past
by Holly Day
in case of desolation, make sure
you bring your pick ax
there will be no fossils to scrape
clean with dental gear
no hair-feather bones to gently unearth
there will only be walls left
to break down
in case of isolation, make sure
you save your words
there will be no answers
forthcoming
from stone-faced monoliths
covered with weeds
save your conversations
for the day the archeologists come.
© 2008 Holly Day
Holly Day is a journalism instructor living in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with fiction and poetry publications most recently appearing in Big Hammer, The Long Islander, and Darkling. Her most recent book publications are Music Theory for Dummies, Music Composition for Dummies, and a biography of Columbian pop star Shakira.
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