Shake Rag Street
from a limestone cottage
the smell of pasty
the Red Rooster Café
the locals share the Journal
but spread the news
deer season
young bucks around the truck bed
counting points
abandoned mine
a rusted oar cart collects
wild rose petals
Merry Christmas Mine
where finding the Mineral
named the Point
frigid morning
trudging through the snow
to the cow warmth
small town economy
the Dollar General
wages war
tornado watch
carrying the old dog
into the cellar
Jerome Cushman, Mineral Point and Victor, NY