HAD HE SEEN A RIVER

SLEEK AND SINUOUS,

FULL-BODIED ANIMAL

CHUCKLING AND CHASING

LITTLE LEAVES

WITH A GURGLE -

LEAVING THEM

ND LAUGHING.

RIVER THAT FROLICS

WITH FRESH NEW PLAYMATES

WHO SHAKE THEMSELVES FREE

AND GET CAUGHT

IN THE CURRENT

GLEAMS AND GLINTS

AND RUSTLINGS

AND SWIRLINGS -

CHATTERING AND BUBBLING.

BEWITCHED,

ENTRANCED,

WITH A FASCINATING SHIVER

BY THE RIVERSIDE HE TROTTED

AS A TOT TROTS

ALONGSIDE ITS FATHER

WHO HOLDS THE YOUNGER

SPELLBOUND -

BY EXCITING STORIES.

AND SO THE RIVER CHATTED

A BUBBLING PROCESSION

OF THE WORLD`S BEST STORIES

FROM THE HEART

OF THE EARTH`S CORE

SENT TO BE TOLD

TO THE INSATIABLE OCEAN -