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Fingerprints of Our Fellow Man
A 2019 poem by Mark Ayers on humanity's indelible mark across even the most remote natural landscapes.
by Mark Ayers, 2019
Chasing the sun westward
At thirty-five thousand feet, and
On the remotest mountain valley
Are the fingerprints of our fellow man
The hard edges of our ordered way
Between cloud and snow
Define and declare who we are, and
What we are about