Written over the course of June 25 - 27. My date of birth is June 26th. Thank you to "Chops" Roethle for the last minute invite. An unexpected camping adventure is exactly what I needed.
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4am pick up
I haven't slept since Tuesday
this better be good
en route to Ross Lake
camp mates' faces still sleep stained
but I chatter, giddy
Pacific Northwest:
I suddenly understand
Pantheism
wee motor boats
travel to each waterfall
in each splash: beauty
I frolic and swim
black bikini and Keen shoes
ultimate freedom
all glacier water
we could swim to Canada
if we wouldn't freeze
sun baking brown skin
icy pools refresh past flesh
rinse/repeat indeed