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Lest We Forget


The rock,
stands against the wind 

in centuries old calm

 

Counting the years until 

our baptism,
sinking deeper still

 

Stoic to tell
lest we forget, engraved

on a hill of blinding sun

 

Of barefoot
painted dancers,
and children—future come

 

(Mesa Verde Colorado: October, 1976)

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