washington

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a few bucks, 'n all you
can eat - picking peaches in
the okanagan
(8-05)

watching th'show on th'sound -

two vets complain about th'war,

kids play with sparklers

(12-14)

in walla walla,
barefoot kid's joke about name -
they've heard it before
(3-10)






juice from a fresh peach
stains half a washington map -
what was she thinking?
(12-11)

vashon ferry lass -

island fog, pines oppress her,

august tan, she likes

(10-14)

spirit lake rainbow
trout - must have been snuck up here
since the volcano
(5-10)








okanagan lunch
peanut butter, fig bars, cheese,
seven ripe peaches
(3-10)

rainy fall at th'pike,

splatter and th'sounds of th'market -

busker finds his rhythm

(12-14)

fall like this, d.b.
got his money, jumped from th'plane,
vanished in th'cascades
(4-10)






pike fishmonger's hands -
truth, a slipp'ry beast, the scale,
a christmas bonus
(5-13)

ferry from san juans -

they follow, splash in the wake,

call toast to th'new year

(10-14)

outside moses lake,
praying for deliverance -
trucker scrapes more ice
(3-10)








bainbridge ferry teens
don't mind long rainy winters -
moved here from vegas
(1-07)






back in tacoma,
bleak winter fog's moving in -
she knows the fragrance
(3-10)







stale steamy stillness
walla walla laundromat
thaws a traveler
(10-08)








deer, snow from mountain
fish, whale from sea - hoquiam
drunk knows what he lost
(1-07)






fisherman's dull glaze -
years of spring rains, soaked through, but
for ballard chowder
(5-13)

ever since it blew,

she sees ash instead 'f flowers

'n th'gardens 'f st. helens

(12-14)

convention center
suits in front, cherry blossoms,
and beyond, asia
(1-07)






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