This poem is formatted in a shape resembling a rock formation. It is intended to be read first as in standard English, left to right, top to bottom. Then read again bottom to top, and right to left, as a geologist would read strata.

gods 
    the
of      
valley
    monumental
a 
sustaining
  I.V.
    an
from   
drips  
    like
justified
    center
solo   
    stacked
words in 
   solace seeks one
loss relentless
  and age with then
scree scree scree scree scree scree
    scree  pools abundant floods deluge a  scree
scree scree  gush and rain words youth in  scree scree