Miracle Mounds Upon The Sand

What miracle was heaven born

that could in some lump

preserve and thrive

a living ship upon the sand

where that mound stores

the means to survive

all those strolls through endless dunes.

 

Of heat and scorching suns

how this dromedary with hump help

can live for up to fifty years.

 

But does man see the miracle

within this creature’s extra depository

on his back that was intended?

Do we find it a subtle message

about how nature finds a way

to do the impossible?

 

True to mortal behavior

what did the inspiration produce

just the idea that this might be

the perfect place

for storing his cigarettes.