by S. T. Eleu
the traveler
runs in search of redemption
yesteryear’s open expanse
offering nothing of note to Future Present
in the fresh fallen snow
the traveler
digs beneath Arctic layers
Present Past having no patience
for apologies, caring even less
for tears, though frozen – for regret, though sincere
the traveler
spies a set of pawprints . . . YES!
Ursus maritimus
hypercarnivore, extinct since
2083
the traveler
bags bone fragments, clumps of fur, broken molars
frozen blood droplets!
all the DNA needed to recreate
what dominion stole from existence
the traveler
returns to Future Present with a Future Future vision
a wooly mammoth
stepping over a polar bear cub
on Mars
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