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water pollution

December 22, 2024

further downstream

further downstreamwhere the snake skinnedold man* slowsout of energylethargic as a fat fly in octobernovemberwhere the snake skinnedold man writhesbetween coulee cliffs like fat flies toddlebetween doors and their jambs to die in the winterfrostwhere behind urban windows on clifftopsurban windows cleanand clear as high mountain fresh waterurban windows that overlookthe slowing of the snake Continue reading

Poetry, Uncategorized

Imagery, Landscape, literary, literature, medicating the water, metaphors, Poetry, river, snake, water pollution, writing
December 12, 2024

downstream

downstreamwhere the river moveslike reptilian skin moveswhere the old man’s* python water muscles under the skin movewhere water basks on the gravel riverbed between rising away pastures that leanupslope to the hilltopswhere beyond the lick of flood feedlots squat the bladders and the bowels of a thousand notwo three ten twenty thousand morecattle are emptied Continue reading

Health, Poetry, Uncategorized

Agriculture, food/water supply, Imagery, literary, literature, nature, Poetry, water pollution, writing

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