041018b

the basal layers
had become lignite
too late for reshelving

103017

at the bottom of the stack of papers
coal preserves ghosts
of things written and forgot
here and there
microdiamonds grow

022816b

What a splendid use for time travel! Mine in the Pliocene what's already eroded away by the Anthropocene. Teensy prob. When the prospectors arrive the fucking coal is gone. Mined last year by claim jumpers from next.