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MOUNT ST. HELENS
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Liisa Ladouceur

BOOM

Silver, a buried lake
Ash blowing in the valley
Next to a famous volcano
Destroyed
Ice showers litter a white grove.

Mountain spirit left
Taking fish, and fir
Planted glass, gifts
To hook visitors.
Mount a tree for free observatory.

Entering, you hope ultimate viewpoint is closest.
Departing, you hope explosion report is not right.

Every eruption bluffs.
Who will the next blast hurt?

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Liisa Ladouceur of Toronto writes sign poems composed entirely of words photographed in public spaces. "Mount St. Helens" was created April 22, 2005, on a detour between Vancouver and Portland on the Perpetual Motion Roadshow tour. No ash-filled pencils were harmed. See www.spiderrecords.com/liisa

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