you can’t get this far
without climbing some mountains
oh, but the aspens.
Still the One (Twenty-two Years)
vacation
Colors of the Sky
we’re home now. screen time.
i want to keep the rainbow.
the perfect sunset pic.
the lake moon rising.
the soothing sound of tent rain.
just being. outside.
Eleven Miles from Nowhere
even with the wind
we’ve mastered outdoor spaces
and earned this sunset
So Hot. So Worth It.
a hike can’t save us.
the heat seems to want us dead.
but the masks? yes. yes.
all the Boulderites.
they get it. even on trails.
why is it so hard?
you could have this view.
away from the pandemic.
if you’d just listen.
Home Again
zucchinis have popped
my three-year-old magnet proves
that i have foresight
(go where your heart calls,
where those images beckon.
stand in waterfalls)
Road Trip 2020 (Going to the Sun)
we left Idaho
the Snake, Glacier, Flathead Lake
and beat the sun home
Road Trip 2020 (Swim Me a Snake)
the river’s icy
the current is too strong, son
but no one stops us
i can never look
without wanting to dive in
to fully swim. live.
they get this from me.
these kids who are not my kids.
these kids who are mine.
we swim for ice cream.
for these fleeting memories.
for their childhoods.
Road Trip 2020 (I Don’t Know, Idaho)
replacement opal
and no direct racism;
just trees, mosquitoes
the river’s too fast
for my paddle board, pup
but this waterfall
Road Trip 2020 (Montana Cycles)
a path with a view
a waitress with attitude
a lake with my pup
a man saved my wheel
after a two-mile chase
’cause life’s a cycle
Road Trip 2020 (Big Sky Heaven)
never a hot day
just the perfect everything:
lake, seltzer, beer, peaks
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