Charlie Holland The 2River View, 9.1 (Fall 2004)

The Hill, The Town

Yhri, millionaires are climbing Mount Kilimanjaro. There are so many places we never knew in that lifetime. There was the foothill that took us up to its brush-covered top though. It took us up clockwise, the path wound round the earth like a ribbon around the calf of a dancer.

The wind blew, and we were the small town at the foot of the hill.

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