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Falls River

Jeanne Lohmann

Some places intend quiet,
others one word, like wild
called out by a musing grandmother
as we stood on the bridge
over the Deschutes, water below us
boiling and spilling so hard and fast
spray flew from the rocks,
stopped our mouths.

If it's true we ought to go
out of our heads at least once a day
this was it for me, as it was a second time
when I looked into the clear pools
holding water and stones,
and then again beside the path
into the pure silence
of the white morning glories.

 


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