Aloof and Regal in Their Snow
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Greek mountains seem to jostle up against
Each other. They do not. When seen afar
Their ranges, stacked up, seem to look condensed
And crammed together. They are more ajar
Than close. Their hardness makes them firm in their
Detachment. Plate tectonics cannot make
Them crowd their peaks. Up there in god-like air
The only powers that might avail are shake
And earthquake but then that would bring heights down,
Their ridges then destroyed and still not near
As towering landforms. Each might lose its crown
And then they all would be more like a smear.
..Ignore the visual illusion. View
….Them as Achaean kings above salt blue.