September 15, 2021

R is for River

 (c) 2005

A river is any fresh water stream whose path

has not been designed on blueprint; not in

the disarrayed shops of carpenters or leatherworkers,

A salesman hears “stream” and imagines online events.

Developers want to pull the river taut.

A river discharges into another, into lake or ocean.

A river defines cliffs, beaches, and villages.

A river is never river alone.

Trout breaking surface imply hymns.

The acoustics of stones mirror the river.

A river may become lost. Should it reappear

it is transformed by the weight of earth.

As the river ages, it expands the valley

giving all of us a place to sit.


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