<meta content="urn:uuid:6d0309bc-72ad-45d3-ab97-de2001fae769" name="Adept.expected.resource"/> </head> <body> <p class="center-text"> </p> <p class="center-text"> </p> <p class="verse-0-FO-1st"><span class="italic">Ice melts</span></p> <p class="verse-1-FO-mid"><span class="italic">In a trickle, then a stream</span></p> <p class="verse-1-FO-mid"><span class="italic">Until oceans swell and</span></p> <p class="verse-1-FO-mid"><span class="italic">Sea salt loses its tang.</span></p> <p class="verse-0-FO-1st"><span class="italic">Waves surge in a crush of rainfall and flood</span></p> <p class="verse-1-FO-mid"><span class="italic">Pulverising earth to mud.</span></p> <p class="verse-1-FO-mid"><span class="italic">Cliffs bloat and crumble</span></p> <p class="verse-1-FO-mid"><span class="italic">Oozing fossil and flint.</span></p> <p class="verse-1-FO-mid"><span class="italic">Rivers course over banks.</span></p> <p class="verse-1-FO-mid"><span class="italic">Trees and houses tumble</span></p> <p class="verse-1-FO-mid"><span class="italic">Roofs fly in the sky.</span></p> <p class="verse-0-FO-1st"><span class="italic">Stitch by stitch</span></p> <p class="verse-1-FO-mid"><span class="italic">As the earth’s tapestry unravels</span></p> <p class="verse-1-FO-mid"><span class="italic">Monsters rip through snag and snarl.</span></p> <p class="verse-1-FO-mid"><span class="italic">Sky-swallowers, soil-eaters, blood-suckers:</span></p> <p class="verse-1-FO-mid"><span class="italic">Skin-walkers all.</span></p> <p class="verse-0-FO-1st"><span class="italic">Are you ready to ride the whirlwind?</span></p> <div class="mid-image"> <p class="extract-right-2-mid"><img alt="img4.jpg" height="65" src="../Images/img4.jpg" width="144"/></p> </div> </body> </html>