24 HOURS AFTER MT. HOOD

24-HOURS AFTER MT. HOOD

for Morgan


If this we find again, not like
before, but extra and then some,
we call it summer but it goes
by other names: mason jar,
root-cellar, flip-flops,
sunburns and shoulders. Forget
the obvious—stick to Christmas
lights and cheap tacos. Bruises
count for proof with honest rivers,
rocks, and state parks past
closing. Lock up. Buckle up.
Drain it now and crack another.
The drive-in waits, but only so
long. Crickets and moon, sagebrush
and the silver of rivers, here and
never again. Here and nothing like
before.