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.
![Sarah Wirtanen, Kirk Tetzlaff, Union Valley Reservoir Campground, 2005 Sarah Wirtanen, Kirk Tetzlaff, Union Valley Reservoir Campground, 2005](https://artsandcultureeldorado.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Sarah-Wirtanen-Kirk-Tetzlaff-Union-Valley-Reservoir-Campground-2005-681x1024.jpg)
Sarah Wirtanen, Kirk Tetzlaff, Union Valley Reservoir Campground, 2005