Fallout

I. ~ Spring, circa 1878

Hominy Ridge bares her breast

The jowling river below

Filled with felled timber

Men walk the flotilla

II. ~ August 2017

The old fire tower is a popular stop

Hiking The North Country Trail

Cancer survivor pans his camera

Sunset, river, long way down, he shivers

III. ~ Fall, circa 1756

Sharp flint arrowheads

Pierce thick red coats

Seneca whoop, Frenchmen jeer

Cold river receives the fallen

IV. ~ June 2013

Tinman Tom tenders his wares

Dressed in sweltering Hessian-blue wool

Demonstrating a lantern, beeswax blazes

Dares anyone to find better

V. ~ June 1928

Clever girl gets boy to skinny dip

She swims in her step-in chemise

The clinging moonlight reveals her

She mimes a fan dance, they marry

VI. ~ July 4, 1955

A strong pale man paddles the canoe

The bow sits Little Princess cross-legged

A turkey feather waves in her dark hair

Pointing aft, she calls the man Daddy Brave

VII. ~ October 2003

High winds cause the fallout

Rare red-necked grebe form a flotilla

Diverse peoples flock from all over

Behold her wet plumes

~ Girard Tournesol