{"id":98,"date":"2024-05-25T10:04:57","date_gmt":"2024-05-25T14:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/artsreview-xiii\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=98"},"modified":"2024-06-07T08:56:08","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T12:56:08","slug":"pores-of-the-earth","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/artsreview-xiii\/chapter\/pores-of-the-earth\/","title":{"raw":"Pores of the Earth","rendered":"Pores of the Earth"},"content":{"raw":"Pores of the Earth\r\n\r\n<em>by Kylee Bustard<\/em>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe mountain giant slumbers near the sea.\r\n\r\nHer skin of silver moss<sup>1<\/sup> and jewel orchids\r\n\r\nbloom as fast as youthful Pele<sup>2<\/sup> can gather the\r\n\r\ngreen beads of her grapevine locks.\r\n\r\nHer face spans a rocky plain and her dimple a crater.\r\n\r\nThe depression flares\u2014\r\n\r\nmolten pus pours from her pores;\r\n\r\nLava spills in streams, searing her soil and charring her cheeks.\r\n\r\nCallused clunky fingers try to slow the flow,\r\n\r\nOnly to burst the welts of fire at every touch.\r\n\r\nHer tears come like soft rain,<sup>3<\/sup> soothing the pain,\r\n\r\nFlooding the skeletal scene.\r\n\r\nShe weeps; the rock cools.\r\n\r\nObsidian scars blemish her face like a battlefield.\r\n\r\nOver centuries, her tears soften the harshest marks,\r\n\r\nEroding the igneous rock into sand and soil for the ohi'a lehua.<sup>4<\/sup>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Footnotes<\/p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span><sup>1<\/sup> A plant common to the Hawaiian landscape. These fine strands of silvery green are locally associated with Pele\u2019s hair. <\/span>\r\n\r\n<span><sup>2<\/sup>\u00a0Hawaiian goddess. Creator and destructor of the Hawaiian Islands. Deity of fire and volcanoes. <\/span>\r\n\r\n<span><sup>3<\/sup> In reference to the short story \u201cThere Will Come Short Rains\u201d written by author Ray Bradbury. <\/span>\r\n\r\n<span><sup>4<\/sup> Hawaiian native trees that emerge from lava rock.<\/span>","rendered":"<p>Pores of the Earth<\/p>\n<p><em>by Kylee Bustard<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The mountain giant slumbers near the sea.<\/p>\n<p>Her skin of silver moss<sup>1<\/sup> and jewel orchids<\/p>\n<p>bloom as fast as youthful Pele<sup>2<\/sup> can gather the<\/p>\n<p>green beads of her grapevine locks.<\/p>\n<p>Her face spans a rocky plain and her dimple a crater.<\/p>\n<p>The depression flares\u2014<\/p>\n<p>molten pus pours from her pores;<\/p>\n<p>Lava spills in streams, searing her soil and charring her cheeks.<\/p>\n<p>Callused clunky fingers try to slow the flow,<\/p>\n<p>Only to burst the welts of fire at every touch.<\/p>\n<p>Her tears come like soft rain,<sup>3<\/sup> soothing the pain,<\/p>\n<p>Flooding the skeletal scene.<\/p>\n<p>She weeps; the rock cools.<\/p>\n<p>Obsidian scars blemish her face like a battlefield.<\/p>\n<p>Over centuries, her tears soften the harshest marks,<\/p>\n<p>Eroding the igneous rock into sand and soil for the ohi&#8217;a lehua.<sup>4<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Footnotes<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span><sup>1<\/sup> A plant common to the Hawaiian landscape. 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