Sunup Lake to Lake Byrne
…. Cloudy and foggy, with occasional breaks of sun, Sloan
mountain and Bedal mountain
……………. not to be seen
…. Leave 9:30. Trail obscure through meadows. Mistake
a pond below for “Hardtack Lake” —arrive at True Hardtack
2:30 p.m.
…………… descending to a previous pond for
…….. lunch over steep heather
pick your way through like a beast
Justine strips down and washes breasts and arms, tho all
is chill; her jeans color of the lakeside sedge and hillside
heather, hair the color of the mountain wind.
…………. [Pugh creek goes into the Whitechuck
…………….. the Whitechuck goes into the Sauk
…………. ….. the Sauk goes into the Skagit
………………….. the Skagit goes into the sound.]
Rats, lambs, men, and whales
………………………………………… all drink milk.
by Garry Snyder
from Earth House Hold
New Directions Books, 1969
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