Pronounced B-do-té, I think
Got an idea of writing a piece
by describing my process of culling
the photos of our walk in Bloomington—
old Cedar Avenue bridge still above
the water but most of the paths flooded.
There’s the new Cedar Avenue bridge off
across the water, with the Bloomington
skyline behind it—black-orange boxy
structures. That’s looking east, and looking west
the huge smokestack of the Black-Hawk
power plant. Roiled-up river flood stretching
away—Minnesota-Mississippi
exchanging waters—Bdoté reaching
all the way from this bridge to Fort Snelling.
