we carried her poetry in an old lunch box<\/p>\n
metal, with a broken clasp<\/p>\n
so\u00a0we tied it shut with an orange bandanna<\/p>\n
and put a sunflower in the knot<\/p>\n
there was a faded picture of Kermit the Frog on the outside<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I led,<\/p>\n
we took turns carrying the lunch box<\/p>\n
as we\u00a0maneuvered the boardwalk of Yellowstone Park<\/p>\n
the stench of sulfur crept into our clothes<\/p>\n
we knew we’d take the stench home with us,<\/p>\n
she followed behind<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
in her wheelchair<\/p>\n
the eagle floated the stretch of the river beside us<\/p>\n
while she floated, using those electronic controls that respond to her lips, her breath<\/p>\n
steering her own way on the boardwalk<\/p>\n
content to follow behind, mostly so\u00a0I didn’t hover<\/p>\n
free to glance<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
at\u00a0whatever caught her inner eye<\/p>\n
selecting images and collecting words along the way<\/p>\n
so that when we arrived\u00a0at the end of the boardwalk<\/p>\n
at that big deck in the mountain meadow<\/p>\n
where moose wander by<\/p>\n
I would open the lunch box<\/p>\n
drop the sunflower and forget it there<\/p>\n
pull out a new piece of paper<\/p>\n
she asked me to use the purple pen<\/p>\n
and scribe her words<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
if I could choose one<\/p>\n
to walk\u00a0or fly, I’d choose to<\/p>\n
give eagle a ride<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
she titled the poem “home”<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
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