Or line, as they insist

right-handed cord
coil it clockwise?
left-handed, counter?
Right laid
a Z twist
versus an S twist
in the cable
coiled wrong, it will kink
potentially dangerous
where will I apply such arcane detail?
You never know what we'll churn up in cleaning a stall
Or line, as they insist

right-handed cord
coil it clockwise?
left-handed, counter?
Right laid
a Z twist
versus an S twist
in the cable
coiled wrong, it will kink
potentially dangerous
where will I apply such arcane detail?

Classically, this emblem of autumn is here. I remember the first time I saw these in the Midwest, however esoterically at the time of my preadolescence.

Belmont, Maine

As he had told me:
urchins once filled all the shoreline rocks
till the Japanese market opened up
flights from Bangor
fishery now tightly licensed
hoping for recovery

An old-fashioned farm windmill was doing whatever on one island we passed.

As you see in York, Maine, the open Atlantic can get wild.


And now, to let it season for a year.

Cattails.

This one is far more spacious and majestic than mine was. Oh, yes, and much less packed.

The volunteer-run Belfast & Moosehead Lake Railroad can be an adventurous ride. Here are its tracks in Thorndyke, Maine, as seen from a passenger car door.