An Ode to Bricks .

. original verse poetry . . and macro photos . . . . by @d-pend . . . ___ ![x.jpeg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/d-pend/ete7o6GZ-x.jpeg) ![h.jpeg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/d-pend/4UsjrkAC-h.jpeg) ![ze.jpeg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/d-pend/FUK1RIiJ-ze.jpeg) ___ ![a 2.jpeg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/d-pend/JhzoJMp7-a202.jpeg)![a.jpeg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/d-pend/Iyuj41Me-a.jpeg) ___

An Ode to Bricks

When the earth was young and oceans ruled, by cloudveil and aetheric shine bejeweled below the surface, through the mud and clay burrowed harsh crustaceans to cavort along the future wends and winding way of what was to become enduring fort and lasting monolith, and humble home; fitting monuments of hardy stone to shelter beings who in endless roam explore the lurching surfaces alone. Silica, alumina, and lime; and iron oxide, and magnesia compressed, and by sacred fire blessed become the bricks who weather storm of time. By the gaze of master architects, by the vision of the gifted seers these were set, and mortared, concrete made the blueprint masterful to house compeers who sat to contemplate — the legacy, the fate — the odyssey, the path — of humankind, the wrath of elements — the eye of earth-encomp'sing sky: the dictates, the demands of majestic unseen hands and the power of the heart. Here is our homely art; in scars and rainmade crevices, in glaze, reflective surfaces, in pits and smoother seams. Bricks weather all the beams of sunny centuries a-sailing through the cosmos on earthern vessel, thirdmost to the prow of solar system; with rough edges aglisten by the glory of exertion made enduring by adventure. ___ ![b 2.jpeg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/d-pend/UVSSC5VF-b202.jpeg)![b.jpeg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/d-pend/ZERRrTO4-b.jpeg) ___ ![zg.jpeg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/d-pend/4XjEcEvW-zg.jpeg) ![zj.jpeg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/d-pend/fZbkm8QW-zj.jpeg) ___ ![c 2.jpeg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/d-pend/hdCkuMaW-c202.jpeg) ![c 3.jpeg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/d-pend/8GqBxX8e-c203.jpeg) ___ *Original photos and writing by Daniel Pendergraft and published on-chain on April 19, 2020.* ___ ![c 4.jpeg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/d-pend/GkYf2NxD-c204.jpeg) ![c.jpeg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/d-pend/0JDjsCAY-c.jpeg) ___ ![zk.jpeg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/d-pend/06PDSKTh-zk.jpeg) ![f.jpeg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/d-pend/ClIK9tpI-f.jpeg)