By Toklas
Date: 13 August 2000
Water in the Barrens
Love like a natural spring
Seeping unexpectedly
From the dark, sharp stones-
Like waking in the morning
in a tangled bed, hearing
the passing train
feeling the rattle of the walls and you
turning over and the water
rushing down the rocks.
copyright toklas August 13, 2000
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