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Monday
June 29, 2020

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fresh water mill
                        creek meets rising tide at salish sea
kayaked downlake into the wind feeling muscles i'd forgotten. houses big and small, '70s apartments built on pilings--can't do that no more. people fishing from shore under overpass, a metaphor there waiting to happen in a parody of public space, people eking out a meal (if they're lucky) in the shadow of a contested stretch of interstate. i drift back on the wind, no hurry or effort, i admire but don't envy the lakefront places. the bigger they get, the less homey they seem. i'm bobbing along in what looks like a banana--plastic yellow kayak as cheap as it gets (on loan from a neighbor). in this moment everything is perfect, no tax, no rent. the truth is you don't get what you pay for--you always spend more to account for profit. it's a double-edged sword, workers exploited, customers cheated, in between lies the thin stuff that drives the american dream. a pot of gold can't buy a rainbow. the best things in life are free--sun, water, air, time to think and feel, no need to do anything or go anywhere. it's all here.