She spins in the chair
She spins out
the house I lived in
the house I didn’t
the neighborhood with my stories
the neighborhood’s stories
the city I inhabited
the city I vacated
the state of mind unsettled
the state of mind I settled
Study makes case
for 8th continent
Zealandia—
large altitude range,
continental crust
of ancient rock
granite, limestone, sandstone,
and a narrow strip
of oceanic crust
separating Australia
from Zealandia
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