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ATHABASCA

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ATHABASCA

Along the Icefields Parkway
(prettiest road in the world)
winding from Lake Louise to Jasper
lies a glacier that feeds three oceans
(Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic)

It takes a hundred years for a snowflake
falling on the top to make it to the bottom

Before a snowflake that falls today
finishes its journey the glacier may be gone

On the other side of the road in spring
water falls down a long face of rock

They call it the weeping wall
it may still be there

TWO FOR BREAKFAST AT THE CHATEAU LAKE LOUISE

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TWO FOR BREAKFAST AT THE CHATEAU LAKE LOUISE

The sun strikes early on Mount Victoria
waking diamonds in the old monarch’s crown
washing softly down her ermine covered shoulders

While surrounding peaks
in playful disrespect
throw hand puppets of bears and wolves
across her lower skirts

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Lake Louise
windy morning
shadows of clouds
avalanche down the glacier