For the Love

For the love of quark-spin and chakras,
For the personality of each chemical element
(Antimony,Tin, Iridium, Colbalt, Gold)
For weather smells and well-lit clouds
For birds in formation
Dragging fall down from the North.
For soap on my skin
And a world without sin
For crickets and disobedient grass.
For pocked clouds and star haze,
Rebar and cement,
For aquaducts and high tension cables,
For cohesion and recoil.
For an infinity of leaves,
Electric arcs sparking
For poles and filaments,
Magnesium fires and helmets.
For chicken bones, for nitrogen, for the love.
I will.