Along the San Miguel

Winter in the San Juans

Along the San Miguel,

rock-studded slopes of P-J

& Ponderosa get hot mid-day.

Even with winter’s bite, snow

melts off, though it’s too cold

for new growth. Just

last year’s hardy perennials

scratching out roots in the

Dakota sandstone, Gambel

oak & leaf litter. But it’s

a tolerable kind of cold. Just

about sunny enough to roll up

your shirtsleeves. Even if

your forearms get goosebumps

with each passing cloud.

Capt. Barefoot Broadside                                          Union of Street Poets

Vincent St. John Local / Colorado Plateau / Aztlán

 Kuksu Brigade (Ret.) / San Francisco

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