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His pack full of stones,
he only had to claim the last three
before crossing water.
He wouldn't take all three.
One for sure.
He would make triage.
He took two.
He followed every rule but this.
He compensated by strapping
one extra bunji cord to his back,
under his arms, after
he had secured the pack
to his body. He had
his trekking poles for balance
and checked their locks.
Water, knee-high
when he stepped in.
When he stepped on the branch
submerged, covered with moss,
water not moving that fast
he hadn't counted
on the weight of that extra stone
or the one rising
from water to meet him.
Jim Bodeen
24 July 2019
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