Tusk
Tusk was settled by rogue miners.
They went too far up-creek, there was no gold, they were lost.
They found instead the coloured stones.
The women are most industrious in tusk
and the children hop from house to house.
Perhaps because of the minerality of the River tusk
children�s hair will colour as they age.
Purple is the predominant hue; some boys turn green.
The huge prismatic
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