by Elise Matthesen
“If anyone discovers more about this, please let me know.”
Last line of Leonardo’s journal, talking about fossils.
The soft arguments of time
Wear you out,
Pare you down to the essential;
A husk, a carapace, a shard,
Rock-hard resin,
Linament of bone in stone,
A twisted knot of story,
Unanswerable questions.
16th December 2006
