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Home   is on a dry highland valley, greened by the confluence of six rivers with headwaters in Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, Montana, and Wyoming.

Tim Mazac

I have grown into the patriarch of a clan of  twenty, four still at home.  Blue-collar, retired.   

Canyon County,  Idaho                                 

Urged Off

I see
turning away on the bureau glass
the me of bent hands
pained at pulling bills from her purse

and the hoisting of quitting-time draft
alone
among those soiled
with work.