My own piece below is dedicated to a friend who saw her first glacier this week. She'll know who she is. I hope you enjoy and if you do or don't, comments welcome!
Señor Perito Moreno
In the silence that followed everything before, condors swayed above and the great turquoise grandpa reclined in front of us. We dared to breathe the biting air, bright with sunny crystals. The dark, mountainous arms of his rocking chair pointed to a world with even greater silence. His back rose into a cloud of history, born with his every passing inch. The silence was broken by a long, handsome groan. But where did the noise come from?
We watched his bones creak wickedly as he tried to get up, but crashed piece by piece into the calm, cyan waters below.
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| Glacier Perito Moreno, Argentina. |
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| Glacier Grey, Chile. |
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| Parc Nacional de los Glacieres, Argentina. |
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