The Poetry of Mark Daniel Milbocker 
Whittling Pump

Deeply nestled roots draw
from the profoundly pelagic 
though gnawed by blind moles
an unrelenting xylem flows

Denisovan roams with taut attention
his reptile stalk budding 
learning to escape the instinctual
with a darker hunger

Dim winter stillness 
whittles the hunt into warm dreams
as the mind's endless mine
brings diamond realizations 
to ember-burnt-daylight
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