long after the bonna cross-country skis

left the farmhouse in minnesota
that would be close to forty years now
i still held on to the green and blue wax

(without any need for the red klister

if memory serves me right)

something comforting in having

the green and blue close to me

you just never know when there'll

be a need again

bonna is still all over ebay

as vintage from norway
'cause back then
the oily american corporate machines
had no use for anything unmotorized

but of course they've adapted

like an LL bean
wrapping themselves
in a rustic chalet mansion

some things you just can't fake though

like a wax with an experienced hand
or olympic gold
from norway

--- e b bortz