The Last Glacier

Waist-deep soaked, cradled by a dozen arms,
the last glacier offers to mankind’s final few
crackling gasps and shuddering groans.

“What will I do without you?” I plead.
Bowed heads in remorse, there’s no one to answer.
I take to knees, brush through waves.

Shards of ice pile together gently rocking,
days of canyon-carving and shore-shaping past.
“We can still make this work. We can still
make this work.”
  

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