The Bird People Of Nordland

ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF WHAT THE GLACIERS LEFT US
SYMBIOTIC KEEPSAKES OF OLDEN TIMES
THEY CREATED DYNAMIC STRUCTURE OF LIVING
METICULOUSLY SHELTERING AND HARVESTING THE EIDER

THEN MAN BEGAN TO PROBE
ASK IN THE FOSSILIZED ABODE
WILD WEATHER BROUGHT LAYERS OF DEATH
TO THE BIRD PEOPLE OF NORDLAND

THERE THEY LIE, OH JOY, IN BEAUTIFUL ABUNDANCE
WITH SOUNDS AND STRAITS WE COULDN'T BELIEVE OUR EYES
HOVERING, BURSTING, SPARKLING - WE NEVER FELT THIS WAY BEFORE
TO THINK THE WINDS GAVE US SANCTUARY ON A COLD GOLDEN SHORE

THEN MAN BEGAN TO PROBE
BASK IN THE FOSSILIZED ABODE
WILD WEATHER BROUGHT LAYERS OF DEATH
TO THE BIRD PEOPLE OF NORDLAND"