dodge /däj/
verb
1. avoid
2. to expose, highlight (photography)
You can highlight an exposure by dodging the negative,
the opposite of burning.
Near the turn of the century my family settled
in New Mexico, near the Sangre de Cristo mountain range,
which means Blood of Christ. There are many notions
about the origin of this name. Some speculate
the name was given by advertisers
writing about Indian detours
on vacation brochures for the railroads.
Later stories were told
to dodge the ad,
tales of murdered priests and penitentes
and massacred blood from Indian Wars
soaked into the mountain dirt,
or a Spanish explorer from 1719
who was delighted
by the sun's red glow on the hills.
You can climb a mountain
to hide yourself,
like that old Italian monk
at Hermit's Peak.
Or you can climb a mountain to say,
"Look at me!"
and wait for all the arrows
to pierce your heart.
What you do
can mean many things.
You could dodge the ball
and fall into the boy.
Or you can stand still
and let the ball hit you
when his arms are full
with other things.
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Dodging the negative.
It's the opposite of burning.
What you do
can mean many things.
—Aunt Alicia, from the movie Gigi
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