Ditch-like,
Meandering
Snakeward,
Northward;

Vale bleak
And sweeping;
Scattered
Mountain masses
Ascending,
Extending,

Hosting
Intercoursing blasts--
Meteorological links--
Between basins.

And road:
Isolated still,
Throughfare
To western
Destiny--
Consecrated
Consumer,
Groomer,
Terminal trial
Before
Division--

City of Rocks.

And home
To him of
The white plume--
Youth
Predominant,
Renegade,
Preserver,
Exterminator,
Determiner
Of Shoshone
Destiny--

Pocatello.

03/30/2002

Author's Note: Spring thaw impressions of Southern Idaho border lands.

Posted on 11/03/2002
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