Beyond my upper deck br Before the open bay br Large houses line wide canals br Persistent molars of a near edentulous jaw br And there in swallowing darkness a glowing br Fishlight underwater br Lies left off the dock br Of the distant enamelled dwelling, circling br About in silence in my eyes br Fixed upon a pale green pelican br Searching for his dinner, a late arriver br In this Iapetus Ocean remnant br Enveloped in black sky warmly broken br Rounding pensively staring into br Soupy light where fat mullet stray br To the right glowing ember coals I see br Churning engine cones ignited br Throttles boosting white hot br Jet tangos and call sign egos br Slipping forth in silent air br On the horizon ahead well spaced pews br Tall energy lamps turn darkness br Faint ugly blue, just the horizon, though br Despite my gifts, they would not forgive br My betrayal at this strange juncture br He veers slowly about as I search br Dilated pupils and wide open eyes br A hiding mate, screeches aloud br Cenozoic cry for food fragments br The night and catches me br Were any man or woman to survive br Such an oblique arrival into antiquity br To face such creatures br Unarmed, with bare hands, I raise up br Keeping away from the light br Turbines subduct below ground br Thumping mullet nudge my neck br In this Area, the wind dies down with evolution br Son of Archaeopteryx scans the chop br Visibility poor, he paddles in slow br Clearances pulse to steeple top, cracking out br Pelican green, Pelican gobr br Tailor Bellbr br