By the side of the road I travel – v2

By the side of the road I travel
a bit of wilderness, wildness,
a swamp contained but present
near the city, the urban sprawl.
 
What secrets do these waters hold,
what stories could they tell;
Are there other secrets buried here,
in the silent murky water?
 
A man-made pond behind them,
encroached on the east and west,
a ribbon of sidewalk before these wetlands
a road that I travel to work and back home again
connecting to the main drag.
 
Wild is this place, full of black water,
touching ancient evil, evidence;
How long have these secrets been forgotten,
drenched, but hidden in plain sight.
 
Water birds are so often present, fishing these waters,
sometimes watching the contractors near them
bringing people, housing, ever closer,
but the deer stalk this road each night.
 
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Edited February 27, 2023

What secrets do these waters hold – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/02/what-secrets-do-these-waters-hold-v2.html

Edited/ merged February 27, 2023

By the side of the road I travel – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/02/by-side-of-road-i-travel-v2.html

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February 27, 2023

What secrets do these waters hold

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/02/what-secrets-do-these-waters-hold.html

learned that this spot is near the former home of William Lindsey’s mother

and adjacent to where he dumped the body of Lisa Foley,

his first serial murder victim

https://murderpedia.org/male.L/l/lindsey-william-darrell.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Darrell_Lindsey

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February 26, 2023

By the side of the road I travel

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/02/by-side-of-road-i-travel.html 

West Pope Road

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Edited February 26, 2023

Liquid mud flats – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/02/liquid-mud-flats-v2.html

February 24, 2023

Liquid mud flats

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/02/liquid-mud-flats.html

Crossing the 312 bridge

Between Anastasia Island and the mainland,

St. Augustine Beach to St. Augustine, FL.

 

 

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