On Life By the River
To the shy hamlet vivid are the hardships of last year,
How the brazen river had surged in—ravishing, moulding,
Branding beyond repair. And yet, when the summer air hums
In the hush before rain, once again, on the crumbling fields
Rancid memories give way to emerald reveries.
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Date: 24 / 11 / 2016
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