Subterranean-Obligate Bat
Jeanette Beebe
this here is sacred ground this here left open an empty mine shaft explosives intact like wool that stays standing in the shape of the animal it grew on made / born then shorn for some use beyond ductile like gold strong when torn pulled apart & formed hidden & passed through the world evolved whole then slowly a cue flying over a gravel road at night thrown into an atmosphere of dust joining following
The science inspiring the piece:
Bats of Western Abandoned Mines via Bat Conservation International
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