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Welcome to Dan's Word Play - Memories
The first poem Grain Trucks is a memory from my youth living on the edge of glacial Lake Aggasiz to the west with the moraine of its ancient shore sloping up the ridge line to the east of town. U.S. highway 2 ran through town carrying semi loads of grain to the port of Duluth on Lake Superior.Dan
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Grain Trucks
The summer window
brings the flow of sound
of the grain trucks
rolling North Dakota wheat
out of the great plains
up the long Lengby hill
to top the ridge of the moraine
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benny benny
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up the long Lengby hill
rolling all night
from the land sea
to inland sea
to the belly of the world
rolling teats
straining against the mother
seeking a gear
to make the hill
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benny benny
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full flowing out
empty flowing back
each straining
against the hill
for speed and restraint
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benny benny
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full to the east
empty to the west
still rolling through my dreams
wheat hair flowing
around the grinning teeth
of flat land towns
in the ancient
glaciated face of home