Triolet: The Weeping of the Glaciers

Temperatures swing from one extreme to another:
Triolet: Climate change by Luisa A. Igloria

What bubbles beneath may destroy us:
the ancients warned about the dangers
of suppression. I think of the underside
of Antartica and the weeping of the glaciers.
What bubbles beneath may destroy us:
my floorboards sit two feet
above the sea level that is rising.
What bubbles beneath may destroy us:
what we bring forth may save us.

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