Strata (cover). anthracite coal, gold leaf, cubic zirconia. 2020.
On the forest floor there is a rock. Flowers grow over it, and bugs flee from your hands as you lift it.
On the edge of a tide pool there is a rock. Anemones latch themselves to it and sway with the waves while crabs scuttle between them.
Deep in the earth there is a rock. The long mineralized bones of a longer dead fish are trapped in it, waiting to be exposed.
In a garden there is a rock. Beneath it snakes hide from chickens, and snails make their homes.
In a pond there is a rock. Fish dart away as you walk towards it, and frogs plop gently into the water.
On a sunburnt hill, bare of grass, there are many rocks. You pick one up, it is the round stem of a fossilized sea lily. You put it in your pocket, then walk home.
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