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Issue #1 Winter 2002

Hiking the Medicine Bow

by Robert King

Sitting in the mountain meadow,
under clouds, I decide it's time
for an orange, a Valencia Sunkist
#4014s, to be exact.

As I cut it open and eat,
the sun erupts brightly
over the whole world.
When I finish, the sky grays over.

If I had another orange
I could make the sun come out again.
I do not have another orange.
The sun comes out again.

© 2002 Robert King

Robert King has taught writing at the University of North Dakota, at the University of Nebraska, and, currently, at the University of Northern Colorado. His latest chapbook is Naming Names (2001, Palanquin Press) and his work has appeared in Poetry, South Dakota Review, and Atlantic Review. More of his work can be found on the website of the Nebraska Center for Writers.

 
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