/ R7 K K% b/ Y0 ?! \6 pMid-August at Sourdough Mountain Lookout$ t+ e( L1 l7 U. _' Q# K1 k. e2 w
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Gary Snyder P/ W7 m# t5 @. L! } & t0 J8 o0 J) S$ {Down valley a smoke haze 3 Q# \* [# P' m: l5 |4 s2 j+ OThree days heat, after five days rain 7 s$ a9 C* k- B, L0 S. oPitch glows on the fir-cones8 \$ c- [2 y% k4 n$ Z& X8 F8 p
Across rocks and meadows ' \( S6 o; [7 C5 H9 l: QSwarms of new flies.. M/ X: |/ e+ p8 n# q+ X: f
% I! \& J& B! y$ F+ O# @/ gI cannot remember things I once read - T0 d' `1 D2 [3 p( |( DA few friends, but they are in cities. ; S( n5 P# _6 j2 ]+ L, ADrinking cold snow-water from a tin cup 9 @2 @: P3 K# P9 l6 ~8 A# `Looking down for miles 3 \9 a* h) o: m' Z, f3 C- HThrough high still air.9 q4 k- d, G" e9 L4 N$ v; a$ y- R