Skateboarding Union Valley – Taylor Graham

SKATEBOARDING UNION VALLEY

Look at him

riding his skateboard

down the railing of a flight of steps.

Calculated free-fly

remaking the world as we

know it.

Instant recall:

my dog paw-by-paw walking

slick metal railing, perfect balance

in motion – impromptu agility

course, training

for earth slipping in waves

of aftershock, city splintered, sky-

scrapers collapsed, my

dog finding her footing paw by

paw on random shards –

searching for

human scent flying free

after nature remade the world

as we knew it.