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Back To the Lake

I live in Upper Westchester County and pass the Croton Reservoir daily on my way to the train station. One particular late evening at the studio found me traveling home a dawn. As I pass the reservoir the sight of the fog and the smell of the water brought this on.

Back to the Lake

Ahh the smell...
Of fresh cut grass and fish on ice.
Of vee-bottom boats with peeling paint 
that you bail with rusty coffee cans.
Whose oar-locks creak with every stroke
lubricated by drippy oars as you creep
across the foggy expanse.

Morning comes early at the lake.
Old fishing lures with rusty hooks 
and fishing poles with tangled lines.
Barefoot boys with sleepy eyes make 
their way to the crooked dock of rotting boards.
Water laps at the side of the boat as they embark
on fish story fantasies full of white lies.
Ahh the lake. I am glad to have come again.

— Bill Lindsay

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Galaxie 500

Galaxie 500

Teenage boys pile into the rusted and dented 
maroon sedan from another time.

The 292 with mechanical lifters comes to life with the rasp of a muffler 
whose days are more than numbered.

Sounds of freedom and rebellion bellow from a stolen 8 Track.

Time to escape the mundane…
 
Time to push the limits of consciousness and sanity.

As we drift the airborne car comes down with a crash — steering hard avoids a tree.

The smell weed, beer, burnt oil and rubber fill the air.

Once again we have landed and are back to the past.