David Nadeau

THE PETRIFIED DAWN

for Jacques Lacomblez

The ornaments of the wind,
the sap of glaciers,
the dew of the stained glass,
the bacteria fossilized under the fine crystalline bark,
         question the immobile traveler.

A KEY IN THE SKULL

for Rikki Ducornet

Phanerogam calligrapher,
the one who wears a microscopic mask seizes the wonderful algae.