Anathallo
The River
High water carried her down stream. She watched the water's living things. She thought, it's not a mound with six planks of wood, The cardinal points to hold you up, Or a mountain where a shed self could Feed the roots and honor the tongues of the animals. Drift into the moss and bloat where the pete bog pulls. Rolled like a felled tree With arms as useless as such. Death's panic came, a calmness stayed. You couldn't do much. Just watch the water chip away At the bank eroding. Cut and crumbling through the spate. It took a father. It covered a daughter, Took her down, down, down. With the glass bottles, books, a tire, Collected hair tufts In the weeds Snagged and wrapped, In the petes Letras de cancionesDammed and trapped. You said, is this the ceremony? I don't know, well I don't mind. The way we all fall in and roll down Pushed through the veins and trafficked bi-s. And when your ears sit under, Head is half submerged down below, Pooling all accounts of peace while passed beneath The canopy glow.
(Thanks to Brian for these lyrics)
From Letras Mania