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By James Papworth

At dawn  
sucked into the basin  
of Sheep Lake  
frost releases its hazy hold.  
Naked grass bends.  
A crow barks its one command.  
Goat tracks spray the dirt  
with their nonsense,  
amble off in pairs  
through worn mud .  
Nightsounds disappear  
over the ridge  
fingering poke grass  
and rock.  
Halfway across the lake  
a cutthroat takes a fly.  

James Papworth