POINTS ON THE GRID
George Bowering
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TRAIL
Childhood
side of the mountain rest
no cigarette as yet
but wrinkled orange out of the pocket
................and looking out miles
................over the suddenly widened town
................the blue hazy valley
Okanagan
visions of giant straight glacier
................recalls dreams
................of/
.........................slipping
.....................................fingers
................and/
.........................drop
.....................................out of the airplane door
twitch
secret twinge
................return to tracking coyotes
................broom smell of sagebrush
................rusted sardine can
................horse buns
................and barbwire fence
.................................down for five years
another straight valley
a few miles
a ghost town
........................with old newspapers
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