Chasmic geologies
play the spasm trombone
according to tectonic ins and outs
finding hills where dales sunk
the level bubble taking chlorophyll's advice
and growing only to the point
the root system can support
flawed contortions retort:
we fall harder than autumn
softer than gravity;
and who's to say what the perfect
feels like on a life planet
where rocks are the stocks
in which foundations invest
only so much
for each converts
the other
and one day
meets its maker
as the sun expands.