Day Drip
The Tower of Babel
6 miles and more runs its hideous shadow
That’s why there’s
babble tongue in river rush
silence in day fade
Why water walkers double in reflection
This wind in trees
sounds like river running
rain falling
There’s purr, there’s child laugh
there’s water run and train moan
This water falls from the river
liquid running
licking lips, laps, lumbars, Lotharios
So easy to sleep when it rains
– Smith, 9.17.2016