NEVER IN HIS LIFEHAD 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 -
AND HE SAT AND LISTENED.