creek bed’s
collected
reeds
exchange
shape
with
light
with
water
•
upturned
trunk’s
roots
caulked
by moss,
mud, what
sun
a web
snags
•
mud-
blackened
creek bank’s
drainage
pipe’s
rolled
r’s
•
stone wall
a few ferns
fallen there
in place
•
tree’s
red
bark
sounds
out
through
gnashed
brush
•
no more than
water
articulates
light
under the
bridge