Regulations

And we were backcountry regulators.
Slipping down hills and crossing ravines.
Drinking beer in off-course outcroppings.
Boots and cameras on trails we just made up.
Changing things by our passing,
taking nothing but the image.
Not far enough from civilization to take much pride,
but distant in aspect and attitude
as soon as the trees block the day.
Nothing to regulate, nowhere important to be.
And I hope it's always that way, now and again.