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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