.
a river’s banks are set,
they keep the river
in the river
being in the river
the river’s in its being,
within its banks, whole
—astatic, a river falling free
within its banks, may grow
unbound, ecstatic,
sometimes renegade
still (and always)
this falling river goes
until, forever unbounded,
it vanishes into sea
by Jim Culleny
1/4/2020
