VII
Back then it was midsummer
we were lighting up the sauna in Kustavi
meanwhile somewhere else
thirteen boys got lost in a cave
rainstorm
and flood
We packed the car
and tidied up the cabin
so no one would get the chance to say:
young people these days
can’t handle it
rainstorm
and flood
elsewhere
We read about the submarine of Tesla
and laughed, how even a rescue mission
can be a competition
then a squeeze in the chest
what a dreadful thought
Perhaps it’s easier to relate
how it feels to be in the dark
cramped and cold
for two weeks
than to the Pacific Ocean taking over
some atoll state
(Tuamotu, Kiribati,
Nauru, Tuvalu, Niue)
which we’re not able to name
at least
I’m not able
rainstorm elsewhere
And in the area of Kvarken
land can rise up to a centimeter in a year
so it’s not like we’re on a hurry
sea elsewhere
sea rises elsewhere
Life doesn’t have a price
of course the boys needed to be fetched
after all two divers passed away
and Mikko got an invitation to the Independence Day Reception
still can’t help but wonder
it must have been easier
than trying to control
the uncontrollable
sea rises elsewhere
sea rises elsewhere
Human
can do miracles
but for some reason it can’t see the difference
between blue-green algae and pollen
doesn’t know how to be afraid of flooding water
water stratification
disappearing of kelps and corals
melting of glaciers and permafrost
doesn’t know how to be afraid
of the sea rising elsewhere
Back then it was midsummer
we were lighting up the sauna in Kustavi
meanwhile somewhere else
thirteen boys got lost in a cave