September 2, 2019
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Epic Walk Diaries (September 2)
fruity prequel apples pears and guests [ there is nothing like an apple right off the tree ] brambly webs of striped predators to fenced greens and rocky shores later for this final reckoning of riches quel to the wrong riches not quel schloss is our gain a veiled secret to an entrance [why us?] glad to escape the colonial mud says more monoculture park an invitation to trespass ganesh welcomes this begin [ remover of obstacles! ] sacred care ruby before stones low tide [ can a river have low tide? ] grasses muddy to a martha stewart hue show the waves of time hide chasms of mud [ only the feet know ] a hinted salamander small like a mouse scurries like a squirrel sprinkles of violet [asters] yellow white (joined by pink juniors this time) magenta strands of invasion the old browns standing tall rosehips (the colonial kind) hawthorn reds deadly ones too you take the low road [ the logs captured enslaved corpses ] i take the high road [ hugging brambles ] feasting on unseen blackberries watching the shore one on muddy ganesh-approved tracks merging for the stony feast brambles finally give we have earned this resolve [ how many before we pay later? ] rock steps of uncertain balance a dance with slippery partners [ how would the japanese do this? ] grace to the finish surer returning steps a fall bouquet forming [ you look timeless with this wild beauty in your hands] ----- [ Start 1:30 End 4:00 False start at McCleery Golf Course, to the schloss at the Marine Drive Golf Club, given permission for early morning with a hint to an easier way, to the Fraser River Park full of hawthorns, past a NO TRESPASSING sign, past a Hindu shrine on the river shore, scramble through flattened grasses, logs, rocks, mud, wild flowers, brambles, to the edge of McCleery, and back, past the shrine now joined by sunbather, blocked by a sunstroked seashore-cleaning kayaker, and to Lola (and water). ]