THE LINGUAL ARCH OF THE RIVER AND THE SEA
The river is a tongue leading into the dark
whispering ocean of many tongues
The mouth of the river is interlocked in an embrace
with one of the many mouths
of the ocean
of the ocean
The polygamous ocean ' tongues ' rivers everywhere
Those mouths exchange the souls of those
Those mouths exchange the souls of those
who are indifferent to living
Those who slipped into the grey snags
of willow along the river shore
They slid down thru the roots of the willow
into the river to that long journey downward
The river is a molten tongue
carrying them downward to the sea
The words on the tongue of river
The words on the tongue of river
are words of all those who still wait to speak
The ocean is tongue
The river is tongue
They share the same mouth
To speak they each need separate mouths
Women have two mouths and one tongue
Men have two tongues and one mouth
Mouths and tongues each need a place to lie in
Mouths and tongues each need a place to lie in
before they can speak
1979 summer
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