We saw Mama Mallard but not Tulsi Gabbard - floating on the Mississipp, snaggletoothed & rusted lip; Fungi w/ natural toupee, Staircase in the wood today; @toyota van they call Sienna, it’s been a hot minute - or more than-a, since I spied 1 of those out on the roads; Sandwich stylist I am I yam //\\ egg poached, hot dog, onion, baby Swiss, guac, on toast... #harvestrye from @redbenchbakery #yum #trysome /;\ #spotted #north of Des Moines but Southeast of Winnipeg, Becks & Posh, or so I thunkEd, but hard to know for certain with wind-whipped specks of rising sun casting granular shadows on rec-tangular prose, so it goes, nobody knows, but it mighta been them?!; And then, like magic, they were gone, like they never even existed, never told us what they wanted, what they really really wanted; “Look around Leaves are brown And the [sand] Is a Hazy Shade of Winter Hear the Salvation [Mallard] Band Down by the riverside It's bound to be a better ride Than what you've got planned Carry a cup in your hand...” “Time, time, time See what's become of me While I looked around For my possibilities I was so hard to please... “Hang onto your hopes my friend That's an easy thing to say But if your hopes should pass away Simply pretend That you can build them again...” ‘And you may ask yourself, "Well... how did I get here?"’ The days do go by & the water flows underground but it’s not the same as it ever was nor will it ever be - regardless of where the highway goes, it will be a place that is altogether different, similarities included. So think twice, measure thrice & affirm your existence through daily resistance to all that endeavors to prevent your persistence; don’t fake the funk, don’t drank the drunk, and when life thieves yer desire to deliver, modifies your mission to do good, unfastens your seatbelt at 140mph, don’t despair, simply adjust, adjust, adjust -///\\\- & if all else fails, give ‘em hell, all of ‘em, don’t let up until they see the light that shines inside of you. #diamondlkphotography #diamondlkstudio #26point3andbeyond #mississip #mallard #lakeharriet #sota #mpls #diamondlkcreations #northmore #northbynorth #haggard #poetry (at Diamond Lake Bistro) https://www.instagram.com/p/CH6NoaAnyDI/?igshid=wxpnpegg446i