
The Ballad of Big Gretch
May 4, 2025
A Trip into Alaska’s Copper River Valley in 1902
May 4, 2025I say, straight-faced,
theatrical, my tone
like someone’s granny,
half sugared even
through the seeds.
It’s dumb, I know.
I’m bad at this,
inclined to leave
it up to subtext.
The day flat got away
from us is how
one might, with
dignity, confess.
I’m taking it
as testament
to what we didn’t
rush. Good Lord—
I try again
and spit. Forgive
the utter glut
of this, the counter’s
sour dishes, the heap
of sheets undone,
tufts of dog hair
floating where
the late sun hits.
For so long
I thought longing
was the only
song there is.
#Good #Lord #Muscadines
Thanks to the Team @ The Atlantic Source link & Great Job Caki Wilkinson