Paleo-Arctic
Land first drifted this far North
In the Late Devoniun
And life had caught a ride as well,
Beneath the midnight sun.
In hothouse times, the land was free
Of frigid glacial scars,
And life was thriving in the dark
Beneath the midday stars.
And the jungles circled round the top
Right through the Pliocene –
When the brownest bear was polar,
And the Northern land was green.
In a million years from now, they’ll marvel how
Our current life clings on –
But there we are, continuous,
Since the Late Devonion.
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