Twice Told Tales

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It’s difficult to live at Harrington Harbor
said the tour guide who lives there
no potable water 
isolation in the sub-arctic
250 souls in winter 350 during summer’s expansion
a spiritual community if not filling the Anglican church Sundays
everyone knows everyone’s trouble right away
and shopping 
sometimes she needs to leave
but always to return.
Their perception of Trump is of insignificance the same as
Putin Islamic State El Chapo George W
war genocide elephants slaughtered for chop sticks —
outside of everything below
weather is everything.