Four-Wheel-Drive
Pioneer
John
Horvath Jr
Even in
the swamp I am a city boy.
Three tons of machine against nature
primeval thrashing, sucking me under.
I will conquer
cypress knee and sawgrass
to build a small solar cabin. To escape
the siege of the city I will make a road.
Gravel from
mountainsides in Georgia,
loblolly from the Carolinas, slate from
Tennessee riverbeds I'll bring the swamp.
I will crack
oystershells on weekends
away from busroutes and timetables,
if someone comes to pull me out.
The
2River View, 3_2 (Winter 1999)
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