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Jan 2022
Somewhere West of where he was,
and East of where he’d been
The mountains called their distant cry,
a pleading heard within
The alpine air, the red-tailed hawk,
their spirits hail his name
To thence return, the past on fire
β€”his freedom to reclaim

(Chief Joseph Highway: September, 2021)
Kurt Philip Behm
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Kurt Philip Behm  kurtphilipbehm.com
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