The western sky was going down all red and gold and purple
and I was going to be about two minutes late
if I didn't get off the highway and into
the little remote lake shore spot to catch
a sanpshot of sunset
I'd been on the road a while
heading home from the wolf country with
highbush cranberries and brook trout on board
needing a break
I wasn't out of the car ten seconds
when she came flying in behind me
skidding to a dusty stop on the gravel
bouncing out of the old beat car
striding right up close with smart phone in hand
"Wow
me too, dude
had to catch this light
wow
had to stretch
good spot
wow, dude"
She was about 19 or twenty
tall
long black Indian hair
swirling around her face
in the fading glow of
the stiff evening breeze
pulling up her hoodie
she told me about going to Watersmeet in the U.P.
heading back from Bismark
home
long trip
How long's the drive, I asked
Don't know she shrugged
long trip though, eh
chatty
She asked a lot of questions about
places and spaces
between here and there
and said wow and cool and dude
a lot
she seemed to be formed of pure innocent bliss
I asked another question about time
And I think she knew then that
I was not an Indian
despite the long white hair and clean face
and standing alone on the shore
of a lake staring
into the radiance of the west
my voice and mode of speech did not possess
her lilt
Wow, dude, nice
gotta go
Wow, dude, cool
Wow
The old car made some awful noises
as she fired it back up
and lurched twice before
she blew off into the darkening east
"Be careful out there" I said after her dust
I didn't catch her name
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