2022, Ohio River Valley Lit, poetry, river life, the no-scape, waterfront, winter, work

The turn out of McAlpine Lock

Ice clings to the bottom of the paddlewheel.
It is a balmy 32 degrees 2 days after the first arctic blast of winter.
A light show falls on the wharf at almost 8:30 pm,
the quiet interrupted by tug boat traffic northbound
out of the turn

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