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CROSS COUNTRY SKIING Michael H. Brownstein The river’s shield of ice slides beyond the shadow spirit, that place away from branches, before the levy, a house left behind. Current holds to rhythm like electricity, a linkage to head and breath, the suddenness of a Mayan heart-kiss. We must stop to gather bark and bank wood, build a fire, boil water for chocolate and tea. Spirit shadow moves across snowbanks. We watch, warm our feet, listen to ice break over ice.

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