They say
that millions of years ago the earth was flat and covered by the oceans.
Then the tectonic plates moved and collided and crinkled and pushed up mountains.
Rivulets of rain water formed a brook, then a stream, then a river,
taking with it small particles of the mountain,
until now we have
craggy peaks and deep, dark valleys.
They say.
There were no witnesses.
The evidence is circumstantial but compelling.
Exempli gratia: southern West Virginia.
copyright joseph e bird, 2015
Joseph E Bird 
August 22, 2015 at 2:02 pm
The title is brilliant.
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August 22, 2015 at 6:58 pm
Thank you, ma’am. A little Latin lingo.
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August 22, 2015 at 7:09 pm
But so much better than titling it, “e.g.”
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