Jackie Vondross

Ore

Hands down hands up, throw the dirt away

Deep wide horizon swallows up the holy day

Dig straight down a ways, last look at the light

Whisper minerals, choices left or right

And down and down and always down we ever go

Full chase the hum to second sun deep down below

To fall is faster, but for dirt and dirt I might 

Let pulling angels pull me down to Lower Light

But dirt (and dirt) and dirt & dirt are in the way

So digging down (hands up hands down) I don’t delay

I find things finding me, things found in down and down

Things earthen old below the past below the ground

Where beastly gods ate gold and shat it into mines

I pass these coprolites, they’re shrines! how they shine!

I yearn for all for more but reach the center core

Now down is up I can’t go deeper anymore

But just for fools is digging up into the floor

No sun no spirits so much dirt to down explore

But down is gone I up and up forevermore.