Genesis

Out of the void of anticipation

Out of the time before time began

Out of the fire that sparked creation

Out of the earth that rooted a clan

 

Africa swirled

Africa spun

Africa world

Africa one

 

Out of the lava of molten streams

Out of the swamps of fetid earth

Out of the semiotic dreams

Out of the soils of fecund birth

 

Africa rose

Africa spread

Africa chose

Africa bled

 

From frothing seas and putrid ponds

With plankton tide and Pisces spawn

Life bloomed and bred and burst with fronds

And oceans glowed with Darwin’s dawn

 

Africa yawned

Africa breathed

Africa formed

Africa seethed

 

From fertile plains and sandy shores

Some creatures crept and leapt to flight

With fleeting flanks and razor claws

While others learned to walk upright

 

Wayne Visser © 2012

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