a travelogue

the penguins seem to like it;

that there are no Polar bears on Antarctica.

not that it's too cold. It's a question of migration

and because odds are in their favor, Orcas seem to like it.

regarding the Requiem Mass: it isn't meant to be cold.

but to the dead it is.

It isn’t sung on Antarctica because

the accompanying organ's pipes will freeze, and besides

it's a problem to manipulate fingers beneath such mittens.

––and then there's Tina Bellaragazza.

for a moment in time she was cold as ice. 

this was largely due to my awkwardness so who could blame her.

nonetheless future backlit screens of frantic machines would come

to announced to the world: "William is with Tina Bellaragazza."

the only insect to be found on Antarctica is the "Antarctic Midge."