Arches National Park
the parthenon before Greece in stone
the Colliseum before Rome in stone
royalty waiting at a bus stop in stone
george washington from mars in stone
abandoned ancient ships from the future buried in stone
cities in stone, lost technologies in stone
petrified dunes on an impossible beach
a drug-induced carnival ride in stone
fantasy feral felines in stone
fins from an ocean of extinction in stone
silent prows moored in a sandstone marina
harbor seals in stone, elephants, jaguars
a leviathan's jaw in stone
alien deities, mad carvings, unfinished temples in stone
weathered hieroglyphs in sheer rockfaces
Giza as childsplay in stone
the pinched faces of slumbering giants in stone
God's sandcastle in stone
the universal secrets of flesh, of love, of desire
our softest places folding outward and inward in stone
conestoga wagons in stone heading across the plain
beehives in stone
wrinkles, creases, cracks, impossible arcs of air and water
the balancing act of thunder and lightning in stone
the Courthouse in stone standing for Truth
the One Law standing against our hubris
our feeble monuments to facility
our delusional ideal of permanence
in this place we know nothing of time
- Gary Horvitz