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2011-08-26T23:14:38-07:00August 26th, 2011|Nature|

Ode to Kamloops

We fly above
the mountains
I know they are deadly
jagged beasts
but from up here
they look tame
like sandcastles covered in shrubs
bright blue puddles
polka dot lakes
a few zigzag lines
forestry roads
the ribbon around
a wedding cake.

Suddenly
as though nature changed her mind
the dark wetness falls away
and new hills rise up dry as heat
brown stubbled chins
it looks quiet
no place for animals
to hide.

We land and we know by noon
that the night will not be long enough
to purge the heat from the earth
tomorrow will be
hotter still.

I have only three days here
enough
to dry out my bones
before I fly back
I have forgotten it already
my damp salty
sopping green
home.

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