In Montana, (\u201clike mountains!\u201d)
\nHome of bears and wolves
\nAnd pale blue, green, purple Montana sapphires
\nAnd the periwinkle flower, 3 inches in the ground with fibrous roots
\nvinca major, and vinca minor
\nA woman spends the summer in service
\nof Glacier National Park
\nAbove Bowman lake
\nHer eyes trained for fires
\nAt 7 in the morning
\nThe mountains\u2019 reflection are perfect on the lake
\nI barely slept fearful we would be too late to make the cut
\nA limited number of people are allowed in –
\nwe arrived first, not last
\nAnd made coffee and eggs on the beach
\nAndrew fished and taught me to cast
\nFull of fear that I would hook one of us in the legs
\nWe overheard an off duty ranger
\nTell some early hikers
\nOf the woman who lives above the trees
\nAnd about the bears
\n\u201cBerries are in season
\nDon\u2019t get between them and the huckleberry bushes and you will be fine
\nThree people died in the backwoods of the park this week
\nPeople don\u2019t understand that this is the wilderness\u201d
\nOur fire watcher goes up in the early summer
\nA mule packed with her most basic supplies
\nUp into the mountain and her cabin on stilts
\nAnd for four months she watches for fire
\nHer supplies meant to spread, stretch the summer
\nShe watches the clouds and
\nreads what is white and what is grey
\nWhat is fire and what is storm
\nSmoke versus cumulus
\nI am child stomping through puddles
\nThinking of taking her place, her summer job <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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