loren eiseley

Spring Explosive
*after Dalí, and Eiseley

For a frost, offspring
of a sunrise is corrosive,
while turmoil of a kernel beautifies
to violence. A chrysalis

Liquefies cracks to knives,
striking psychedelic petals. Burning
dyes intertwine a pulsing
green that drives the season

To kinesis. Inside a pod,
an upthrust grasps what thrives,
spuming: fruit and flower
subsume an epoch. Storming

Chlorophyll balms the crust
of unclothed globe. Colossal
palms warm to holding
life, divining: into form.