Attending Oregon City High School<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I dated a girl with Crater Lake eyes<\/p>\n\n\n\n
even though I’d never seen Crater Lake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I saw this wonder 15 years later: record-setting depth<\/p>\n\n\n\n
shimmering a unique shade of blue<\/p>\n\n\n\n
that was never replicated in a big box of crayons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Color mixologists tried and failed a hundred times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The moment I saw Crater Lake<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I dived into her eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sent up a splash,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
then a ripple,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and coined the phrase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That time I was struck so nervous<\/p>\n\n\n\n
driving her to a movie that<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I stopped at a green light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I didn’t hear the horns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She told me the light was red<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and I drove on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Or that time<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I tried teaching her tennis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She showed up wearing<\/p>\n\n\n\n
white terry cloth shorts with red piping,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
red and white knee high socks,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and a white t-shirt<\/p>\n\n\n\n
scissored with ragged precision<\/p>\n\n\n\n
that fell two inches above her naval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She whiffed every shot!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We moved onto basketball<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and she flung layups<\/p>\n\n\n\n
over the backboard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not too long ago,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I returned to Crater Lake<\/p>\n\n\n\n
for the first time<\/p>\n\n\n\n
in thirty years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Crater Lake wasn’t there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Smoke from a dozen wildfires<\/p>\n\n\n\n
smothered everything<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and made my eyes burn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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