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I live by the stream, by the old dam tumbled\u00a0 into a fit of rocks.\nThrough the path we made, past Royal and Long Beech fern,\nsmall huddles of baby oaks, sting of raspberry, a clutch of young pines,\n\nI step onto the mown lawn, jumble of grass and weeds,\ndandelion blades, fuzzy camomile, a scatter of gravel spilled by workers\nbuilding the garden wall, rocks as hard put as memory and more lasting.\n\nI live in a house built from ground that Charlie cleared, just beside\nthe knot of spruce, needles falling, a constant rain of thin slices of life\n\nthat hide themselves in the grooves of my car, grow into clumps\u00a0\naround the motor like small nests. I live on Oak Hill Road, though the oaks\u00a0\nhave grown thin and too many hills rise up to tell which is the one named.\u00a0\n\nOn weekends the train whistle blows, up at City Point, where the tracks\u00a0\ncross the road and the walking path comes out after following the river from town.\u00a0\nI see the stain the tide makes on the edge, a ceaseless coming and going\u2014\ndog walkers, joggers, bicyclists jamming along the old rail bed.\u00a0\n\nIn winter I stare at the frozen waterfall, bare branches, footprints\u00a0\ncaught hard in solid snow. I live in a world of snow, a place of blizzards\u00a0\nand white-coated nests, of lines cut parallel through new snow, of white-outs,\u00a0\nand power-outages, of lanterns, wood stoves and the thumping of generators\u00a0\n\nin the shed outside. I watch the ospreys circle the stream, the eagle dive,\u00a0\nthe fish hang caught in beak, see the carcass of porcupine smashed on the shoulder,\u00a0\nblood\u00a0 smeared in tire tracks. At night cars slide by on the way to town,\n\nto Belfast Variety, to beer, to milk, to wine, to the parking lot\u00a0\non the corner of Bridge and Pierce Streets where the young\ngather, laughter a blanket of waves, an ocean, bandying curses and cuts,\ntender limbs, cooled in the breeze, kisses touched on love-struck necks.\n\n\nNaugatuck River Review\nIssue 19   Winter\/Spring 2018\n\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I live by the stream, by the old dam tumbled\u00a0 into a fit of rocks. Through the path we made, past Royal and Long Beech fern, small huddles of baby oaks, sting of raspberry, a clutch of young pines, I step onto the mown lawn, jumble of grass and weeds, dandelion blades, fuzzy camomile, a … <\/p>\n
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