by Steve Arntson
copyright 2009
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D-e-p-o-e Bay
Well, it’s a misspelled place
Unless “Depoe” is French or means more than storage
But no one’s talking no one’s saying
Edgar Allan’s honored
obliquely
discreetly
But no one’s scared no one’s anxious
Business is good
It’s summer and crowded
The D River flows and waters the sea
a hundred yards at a time
Later on we’ll know
And know [...]
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by Steve Arntson copyright 2008
See it there!A sunset just a darkeningA black-and-white affair more suitable for Bad Guys and lonesome times
It is said the rocks were blasted onceAt the entrance dynamite you didn’t stick around!
Before [...]
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by Steve Arntsoncopyright 2008
Here is where you’ll figure it outWhere it’s safe enough and separate, too
Almost a coveFrom Chapman Bluff to the stairs to Ecola’s lawns and picnics
But be careful coming thereBe mindful of ankles the treachery of [...]
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by Steve Arntsonfirst posted on Tribe.netYgg’s Horse discussion groupFebruary 20, 2008
Dunes dunes and contradictionsDunes of the Third Beach dunes in the rainIt [...]
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by Steve Arntsonfirst published in Ygg’s Horse on Tribe.netFeb. 17, 2008
Note: Steve says–”This is a piece written after my first visit to Burning Man in 1996 – it is about an installation that was created using only doors…”
The House of Doors seemed doors to all your houses
And there was Huxley [...]
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