Tower Point Lookout

by John Yohe

Sandra Dal Poggetto, Latitude, 1991, ink on paper, 8.5 x 11 inches. Collection of the artist.

Tower Point Lookout

always a warm pot of tea

yoghurt w/honey in the morning

handfuls of nuts all day

blackbean tacos for dinner

set traps out on the catwalk

catch squirrels + mice w/cheese

lay their bodies on cliff rocks

offerings to raptors

windows every direction

visitors prefer to look in

wind keeps flies away

huge anvilhead clouds

lightning thunder rain fire

I'm only lonely when I go to town

in Prineville I feel like a ghost

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Born in Puerto Rico, John Yohe lives in Colorado. He has worked as a wildland firefighter, wilderness ranger and fire lookout. He is the Fiction Editor for Deep Wild: Writing from the Backcountry. For more, visit johnyohe.com.