Silene

Close to the banks of Kolyma Thirty two thousand years ago A squirrel gnawed and buried me Preserved in the permafrost Surrounded by Woolly Rhinoceros bones Unearthed by a research team from Moscow Radiocarbon dated And germinated inside of a test tube I finally came to flower I know our paths cross again In the distant future, far from here How I love sitting with you, dear Close to the banks of Kolyma Thirty two thousand years ago