6/11 Idaho Magazine Features - "The Demons of Boulder Lake" (non-fiction)

Daniel Claar - Idaho's Premier Backcountry Writer

Winner - Idaho Magazine Publisher's Choice Award 2010
"The Proper Filter"
http://idahomagazine.com/previous_winners_details.asp?ID=84

Winner - Idaho Magazine Judge's Choice Award 2011
"Where the River Leads"
http://idahomagazine.com/previous_winners_details.asp?ID=98

"Hot Spring Break "
http://www.idahohotsprings.com/education/hot-spring-break.htm

"Stampede! "
http://www.backpacker.com/january-2010-reader-essays-stampede/destinations/13661

"Seeing Things"
Winner - Idaho Magazine Second Place 2011
http://idahomagazine.com/previous_winners_details.asp?ID=101

Thursday, April 8, 2010

Biting Teeth And Silent Screams

It has been weeks
Since your dismemberment
And backyard disposal
I oversaw the entire operation
Your end
Was a foregone conclusion
At least
Within this limited scope

Today
As I strolled past
Your stack of limbs
Noticed a life force
Still budding
Baby fingers unfolding
Grasping for any sun
Never fully understanding
The time at hand

For one shaking moment
I felt more in common
With a pile of damp wood
Than anything ever known

How long has it been now
Since my own eulogy
Went unheard
And here I am
Still walking around
Pathetically undead

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