WATER FLOW

The water flowed smoothly from left to right,

The water flowed gently, day and night,

The flow of the water was a calming sight,

Slow, and quiet, and low.

 

The water had come from some distance away,

The water had been rain or snow, in a previous day,

It had been these but it could not stay;

So it’s no longer snow.

 

The river moves incessantly,

The river moves again to the far sea,

Moving is the water, yet it stays, apparently,

The flow is a spectacular show.  [1]

-eab,  9/13/06

 

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[1] Written on the bank of the Middle Fork of the Chandalar River, AK, on a mooseless moose hunt with EAB II, III & Max Shelton.