PROSPECTING IN PERU
A poem that sheds new light on the mental state of miners everywhere.
“Writing is like mining for gold hidden in the hillsides of your mind.” ~ David Baboulene
You have not hit rock bottom,
some geologists might argue
until you’ve cut beyond the vein
to where the mineralization ends.
How quickly you learn to think
outside of all sorts of structures,
as your chances of break-even
resemble your recent run in love.
That is unless you touch a body,
the ore body, her high-grade body
with the tip of your diamond drill
as if somehow saying, ‘I like you
enough to assume the consequences!’
The proof is in just how sexual
mining and geological expressions are:
Bed, tip, cavity, butt entry, bedding.
About the Creator
Giuseppe Bartoli
🇮🇹ITALIAN🇺🇸AMERICAN🇵🇪PERUVIAN
📝FREELANCE COPYWRITER📘PUBLISHED WRITER
🎨PAINTER📷PHOTOGRAPHER✍POET
NATIVE 🇬🇧ENGLISH🇪🇸SPANISH SPEAKER
LOVES🖋PENS🏃♂️RUNNING🎿SKIING
OPEN TO WORK PROPOSALS
14 BOOKS: 7 PUBLISHED & 7 FINISHED MANUSCRIPTS
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