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I Ask the Clerk

I ask the clerk
the name of the river.
"Clearwater," she says.
I don't ask about the small
blue birds with black crests.

Harold Bowes edits Alba: A Magazine of Short Poetry. His work has appeared in or is forthcoming from Snow Monkey, Pig Iron Malt, Portland Review, Tundra, Acorn and Black Bough.

He lives and writes from Pendleton, Oregon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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