Behold
the vise now reposing here at The Odd Fellows
that we made with welded angle-iron
and a scrapped steel tire wheel
around 1980
Many an object did we fashion on this
tool doubling as an anvil
and acetylene steel-cutting holder
Life itself is a matter of firm grips
and a holding-on
is it not?
Sometimes we hang on by our fingernails
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Rivers we have known
Ohio River, Wheeling West Virginia
Fox River, Waukesha WI in flood bears ears protrude
Dave's Falls, Beecher Wi
Fishing for walleye on Menominee River, Marinette WI
Bill Vollmer, Marinette, cleans a mess of walleye from the Menominee across the road from his home
Fried Menominee River walleyes cooked by Jane Vollmer
David and Sally, Peshtigo River, WI
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