Geese

[Mark A Becker]

Hi Miley-
I'm not sure how to approach this one. The first three lines seem to be a poem all on their own, about geese.
The lines after that lose me- I'm sure they make sense in your head, but I find them difficult to follow.

“I am fire and air; my other elements 
I give to baser life”
– Cleopatra, "Antony and Cleopatra" (scene ii), by William Shakespeare

Descend
in perfect pitch 
of pale plumes and snowfall a nice little poem in these first lines
              
          at last horizon’s lost not at all sure what  'at last horizon's' means, unless I read it as 'at last horizon has lost all meaning'  - but that still is very unclear to me

all meaning   this isn’t a noble place
but sometimes the river freezes over in gold the bolded phrase is beautiful
like god is an artery  hard for me to picture this metaphor
cut through our centre     and still
people work    here    like everywhere     everyday
like geese    it’s true     I'm confused by the bolded part
   our history is the history of falling  I need a better sense of place here
       and violence
and love     everywhere    the earth screamed so loud 
it lost its voice     again and again the bolded phrase is interesting, but I don't know what the earth is screamimg about.
I give to baser life 'give' or 'give in'  ??

I need a much better sense of the place that you are talking about, and some imagery would help me out.
...Mark