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Sign on a Cabin in the Caribou Hills: Arlitia Jones


"Sign on a Cabin in the Caribou Hills," by Arlitia Jones, originally appeared in The Bandsaw Riots published by Bear Star Press.

Contributed and read by Arlitia Jones: "This is a poem about an actual sign on an actual cabin we found after we'd been lost in the hills all day. That was twenty years ago, and I couldn't find it again if my life depended on it." Arlitia Jones is a poet and playwright from Anchorage, Alaska. Her award-winning book of poems, The Bandsaw Riots, was published in 2001, and her plays have been produced in Anchorage, New York City, and the United Kingdom. A link of interest: Out North, for great, innovative theatre in Anchorage.

This is Arlitia Jones, and this is my poem, "Sign on a Cabin in the Caribou Hills."

"This cabin belongs to Eileen Black
My husband Marvel and I built it
by hand in 1957. Friends
are welcome to use it: Perly and his
gang, Johnny Pete, Mike Klink, Bob Eber-
hard and Bob Jackovik, Diego Ron and
Steve Redmon. George & Maria, Margie
and Marty and the kids if they're along.
Donny Shelikov can come in and
Karl and Tony if he ever comes back.
Ed Greeley, keep out.
    If you're lost and need a place
to get in, you can spend the night. I left
Sanka and dry goods. Help yourself.
Please clean up. Don't attract bears.
Leave it the way you found it -- woodpile
stocked and kindling dry. Remember, close
the door tight and leave it unlocked."



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