Jig-Saw Planet
Thousands of fractal images
jumble in a coherent, living collage:
mapping every cubic millimetre
of the rolling Earth’s surface
in one-stop, real-time
- the all-seeing Divine overview.
Followed by greek gods,
alien passers-by,
blinking satellites and spying drones
capturing micro-bits of glorious sea, land and sky,
in astonishing hues and pixelated detail -
focus zooming in and out
fuzzed, etched, air- brushed,
put together - an holistic coup d’oeil.
A track through autumn woods,
a lane between high hedges,
a highway snaking through desert,
a craggy mountain footpath
prints in deep snow, on sand.
Vistas of harbours, beaches, cities,
creatures and flora of every kind,
silhouettes of dancers,
sunsets, moon-rise, stormy seas;
castle ruins, lighthouses, cottages, watchtowers, trains and planes
- and myriads of ant people!
In vehicles, on horses, in crowds,
on benches and at play:
a widescreen, long-shot panorama
one-off, of our busy, living world
swaddled in its cocoon of space.
If there were a galactic prospector
searching the infinite wastes
for minerals, company, signs of life
would they, before this mazy beauty
conclude it was just that. Beautiful.
Or take out other lenses to check for
noise, aberrant frequencies, toxicity
as well as analyse mood, radiation,
photonic light, synthetic materials,
purity of atmospheres and oceans,
well-being of climate and life-forms,
intelligence of land-use, genetics…
...and, whoa there!
decide to leave well-alone.
Register as unsafe.
Go home.
Jun