Winter inimical & turbid – its scars
remain after, stories to commemorate our flight
minimal markers to show where we veered to
danced out of the future planned for us.1
So we’ll sing this again – to summon
who we are & should be in clear air
like wine, like anything that nourishes
swinging away husks of ancientest corruption.2
1 one of absolute commitment to those who know better & ably direct all things
2 cross reference examples of “emergence of high status elites” across all archaeological journals