Chinook Salmon Spirit – Sandy River, Oregon
(c) Leo G Campbell 1/11/2018
Chinook Salmon Spirit – Sandy River, Oregon
Late Spring I Drove To The Sandy River
The Big Rocky Spot –
Across From OxBow Park –
River is Deep Here –
On My Left, Is Far
Up This River As
It Moves
North, Down Stream –
On A Knee I
Put My
Hand In The Sparkly Water
Stroked The River…
– Then Sat Back
– On That Rock
Pondered My God And I
Me And His
Sandy River
Pondered God And The Flow Of Water
Called Here…
The Sandy River. Water. In Oregon. Just Then –
Up On The Road, I Heard A Car… Doors…
Drunken Teenagers Yelling
Arriving, I Heard…
But Could Not See Them.
A Young Shout –
Brown Beer Bottle, Tossed –
It Passed, Up Above
Past My Shoulder, Landed
SPLASH In The Middle Of
God’s River It Sank There
Was A Brief Quiet
Then
Where The Bottle Sank
A Large Bright
Silver Chinook Salmon Fish
Exploded Out Of The Waters
SPLASH THEN
With A Fishtail Dance
On Top
Of That
Sandy River, Oregon. Water
The Chinook Salmon Spirit Of God
DANCING STOOD Then
Dove. Away
