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#2 – Gold star, trembling tree

The game is afoot, and X marks the spot.

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Greg Seitz

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May 22, 2018

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Photo via National Park Service

When you find a glittering gold X
affixed on a trembling tree
let your feet backtrack
to the day Normans changed
history

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