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Midnight blue ribbon
Slices the west
Scars from tears linger as wrinkles and shadows
Missoula floods

Humans abide
Controlling the uncontrollable
Dams, houses, farms,
Strychnine wolf plan
However temporary
Feed the cattle
Revere the masses

Oh.
It’s messy
Not maliciously so
It is the way

Like rivers, ways will change

Water will flow

Nathan Corliss

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