Partition of light and dark that first drew horn across fresh ground already carried the uniform night destined to reclaim every distinction born from that division.
“Layers of clay still count the moons since Vega alone fixed the northern dark and rivers first found courses through ground no herd had crossed.”
“What pebble remembers the flood that came after the hunter's belt tilted and the land lay bare for the first wanderers?”
“Ochre stain upon the rock face still questions the count of thaws after the sky's fixed points moved and the hunter first ground pigment for the wall's record.”
“Clay pressed by vanished feet questions the equal measure of light and dark that once sent tusk and horn toward the lower grounds where fire would later mark the shelter.”