by Scot Siegel
...and speaking of the pre-apocalyptic age
can we please rewind to a time
when unicycling
down a mountainside
rock-hopping & slaloming
among the fragrant pines
on a snowy day
was considered
an acceptable,
even heroic,
form of
extremist
recreation?
...and rewind to the days of Clinton
in the age
of sexy surplus,
luscious transfats,
and campaign sax riffs...
a much younger
and more innocent
though much more robust
time
in American life
Scot Siegel's recent books include Some Weather (Plain View Press 2008) and the chapbook, Untitled Country (Pudding House Publications 2009). He serves on the board for the Friends of William Stafford.
___________________________________________