SAND WHISPERS: Thoughts on how planetary dust changes landscapes

	All the time, sands are whispering: 
	rattlesnakes, scorpions, and mice take heed.

	Most humans, however, 
	are too arrogant to listen.

	Will bulldozers, blasting caps, 
	and machines ultimately rule how landscapes appear?

	Aren't most humans in endless struggles against entropy?

	Granules of feldspar, basalt, calcite, and quartz 
	are infinitely patient.

	Eventually all things in this planet 
	become covered with layers of dust.

	Tiny sand grains seem insignificant, 
	yet ironically the tiniest things ultimately win.


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from Desert Chants: Hearing the Voice of the Wilderness  
SUMMARY:   Reflections on how tiny sand particles shape our planet.
KEYWORDS:  sand, timescaping, landscape formation, natural entropy, sandy entropy

Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955 - ?)
Begun:  2001 in Nagoya, Japan  ✶ Finished: 2024 in Shizuoka, Japan
Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted

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