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By The River
EdwardDurden

He sat, no thoughts.
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City by city, his mind erased the people he had just seen.
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Could he have known them, he didn’t care.
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The smell of strong coffee,
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Of greed and peppers.
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The spray cans lost among the river weeds,
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Nobody remembers the artists and fools it incorporated.
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Slay the thoughts, sweet river, basking in the early morning sun.
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Out of the blues and greens appears a prophet.
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His back leaned against nothing but free will,
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He sat on his box, staring into the river.
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Prophet wise, tell me now,
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How you are so peaceful and tranquil.
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Is it the breeze in your shoes and shirt?
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Is it the nourishment in your beard of gray?
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Or is it the river, who speaks in parables of love, peace and...?
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6 Sep 05

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i love it. it makes you feel a hundred different things and can be read and interpreted so differently by every person and every different situation. theres something under it all. if that makes sense.

-the 10 mph-er. Mary.
 — stellarskys6

its cool i love the way you give all the scenery it feels like you are there when you read it!!!!
 — deathsdoor

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 — EdwardDurden

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