lashed tight and still rocking forth
and back on currents
on the wake of heavy tugs
pushing
south into the lock
water creeps up
what faith there is
placed in the flood wall
and in the lines holding
and in the inevitability
that the water eventually
goes down.
Tag Archives: high water
Day 6, 2024
winter has gone and hoisted the rag
the first high water prognostications
the captains muttering ’round the scaffolding
to hold up the stage
only so much planning can be done and it is
what with tonight’s high wind predictions
keep your eye open for white caps on the river
and know you are only as good
as what you don’t know
Day 9, 2023
Soak up the sunshine and move forward
the tired machine. Do not count the clock.
The entire apparatus moves to 6/8 time, but we
count only in measures of four. Dead center
is somewhere in the high water mud and driftwood mural.