NVN Sunday: MISSING
by Laura Rodley
Native and Himalayan Views souvenir shop along the Mohawk Trail in Charlemont removed the 20-foot-tall Native American statue in front of the Route 2 store. Photo Credit: Native and Himalayan Views Facebook via Daily Voice.
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First I passed the feathers of the headdress over the lip of Greenfield Mountain, a headdress on a flatbed, then the rest of the body of the twenty-foot Native American statue that stood in Charlemont in front of the gift shop since before I was born, the shop changing hands many times, and now it’s being trucked to Vinita Oklahoma, so distinctive it’s recognizable from the tip of headdress lying flat, his face carved with deep grooves, resembling oak bark, no smile. I miss it already, though I haven’t seen it in years.
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Laura Rodley, Pushcart Prize winner, is a quintuple Pushcart Prize nominee and quintuple Best of Net nominee. Latest books: Turn Left at Normal by Big Table Publishing, Counter Point by Prolific Press, and As You Write It Lucky 7, a collection of 11 writers' work.