simonhlilly

SUMMER RIVER

Golden edged

Summer river

Rocks cooling their toes.

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Golden river

Summer gnats

All diminuendo

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Cooling their old bones

Grey worn rocks in summer heat

Squatting in midstream

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Soft summer rivers

Water folding up sunlight

Shoals of darting fish

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High summer

We see them gather

To cool their feet:

These venerable rocks

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Dreaming in the slow waters

Time flows silent

By the river side

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