Various Tendrils

In deepest Avoyelles parish, Louisiana, where
     blacktop road meets gravel road, and where, 
     if risked, gravel road would meet
     dirt road,

Lurks a history of disposal of clinical remains, 
     deposits of Alexandria's and Opelousas' dregs, and where,
     various tendrils, 
     once redemptive morning breaks 
     upon the humid and mild bucolic scene,
     begin to trace their fine day's path.

I know a road, known to few, called Baron's Lane.




James Bolner, Sr.
Baton Rouge
January, 1994