Before the Flood
The Cook and Piper brooks converge
Outside my window.
Gold water drained from meadow springs,
From beaver dams where
The ashen fingers of spruce
Lean over the dark womb of water,
Submerged bones of trees
Wave their limbs in the filtered sun,
Swimmers fallen to the silty bottom,
The water runs down the mountain,
Singing.
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