Relationships
If a seven-hundred-acre lake
Were staring you square in the face,
Right off your cabin's back porch,
Would you have a clue
As to its relationship with you?
Speaking strictly for myself,
I can tell you how essential it is —
Its elemental presence
Flows through my arteries and veins,
Nurturing my spirit —
Since I'm a smallmouth bass, a walleye,
A patch of six-foot-tall cattails,
A Canada gander,
A loon communing with the full moon,
A ripple disguised as a man.
06/25/10 - (2)
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