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Where Have They
Gone?
A philosophical
solo rengay
Its house abandoned,
the garden has become home
to butterflies. /Sogi*
a runaway kite lodged
high in a jackpine
two fisherman
patiently troll the river
a waterlogged boot
carved on the mountain
ancient images—
where have they gone?
on the scorched desert trail
a bleached wagon skeleton
frozen in stone
dinosaur bones uncovered—
how did we get here?
* Translation of
Steven D. Carter
Sogi: 1421 - 1502
