Prepare the Ground

Prepare the ground for another layer
Give me confidence in carbon
The circular burn won’t reach the roots
Of stone trees gone cold

From without, creaking hollows of
Uneven and audible consequence
Tracks mark periods of premature
Resignation

From within, build your fire
Heart or hearth
Liquid crystals reflect
The replacement of ice with thaw

-James McGeoy Jr.

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James McGeoy Jr., born in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, currently lives and works in Washington, D.C.