Oyacachi
You
always start with a good piss.
Move
to gear:
Fo-denim
NRS top,
Sieved
out Snap Dragon skirt,
Black
Kokatat vest,
Tattered
old WRSI helmet,
My
stomach churns: Ruevelto Americano and anxious nerves.
Have
to have nerves.
But what of the Americano?
It’s a short walk out of
the pebble strewn cul de sac.
All that remains is a
final far well to the yellow taxi,
a listen to the rivers
deafening madness,
a crossing of the old wooden
bridge,
and a steady descent down
the wet, mossy slope.
My NIKE’s wage war with the christened brown rocks lining the bank.
Each step calculated and precise.
This is the Andes,
a fortress of mountain and
Jungle.
A place where an
eight-dollar Machete is sole alley.
Piss again.
Always again.
The torrent madly sprints
only a paddles length away.
Fast,
Loud,
Careless.
It’s a Fucking runaway
train.
Settle in,
Sit high,
Ratchet tight,
Quick stretch.
Push off.
The current pulls like an
angry father.
I fight back.
Right stroke,
Left stroke,
Left edge up,
I am in no problem.
Ready and strong.
It's high today.
Left edge up again,
Right stroke.
Peel out.
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