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