Golden Autumn
Brought us here
Naked.

Earth's own heat
About us,
In us;

Our ears
Full of story,
Eyes, blind
With sun,
But memories
Of Winter--

Skis and snow,
Bare feet
On crusts of ice,
Excoriating cold,
Irrepressible grippe

Before the dip
In Yellowstone's
Endless summer.

06/01/2002

Author's Note: October at the Hot Springs (Yellowstone).

Posted on 06/01/2002
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