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 In the Northern Wood (without blaze orange) by Raymond A. Foss 
						Camera and snowshoes,head down, focused on the little things,
 the tracks in the layered crust of snow,
 ice and snow really
 the tunnels of the voles,
 the turned shape of the dead leaves,
 clinging still to the branches, the twigs
 The subtle sound of the trees
 caressing each other, high in the canopy
 a dance called by the wind
 A distinctive crack of gunfire,
 echoing in the still cold forest
 And me, out in the northern wood
 without any blaze orange
 
 December 7, 2007
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