Oceans of prickly pine dunes

lines of radiant dye adorning pale ditches

water tracing falling planets in the galactic

starfall.  Memories cranking

in the worm of consciousness

like a new set of metallic guts.

Sunlight burning up the skin suit

paths growing from the crash

of a spiny pear on receptive pavement.

Settlement edges nudging each other

like fevered limbs bereft of nest

long pipes in convoluted configurations

to draw the eyes of the depths

the fissured beauty of the abyss

the navel of a golden idol

spouting holographic scrolls

of interstellar maps.

Planes of granite library cliffs and ledges

connecting like the unlit lungs.