The Mountain Pass

We dare again
the mountain pass
the smother of shut earth
shut stars
We smile crazy or going
into one another's wide eyes
We dare the pass
we either demand or beg
our way against the winter
we are not shocked
that the earth is killing us
There are dreams of the downward
the lick of a valley
dry and warm as a cat's tongue
We made it last year
we dare again.

sept 13, 2001

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