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
[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.
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