You can't step into the same River even once, And why would you want to? You can't Lie down without turning your back On someone. The sun slips Like butter in a pan. The eastern sky arrives On the back stoop in its dark Suit. It draws itself up Full height to present its double Rainbow like an armful of flowers. @3Thank you, they're lovely@1. I step outside where the wind Lifts my hair and it's just Beginning to rain in the sun, And the earth silvers like a river We're in, I swear to God, And you can't step out of a river Either. Not once. Used with the permission of Copper Canyon Press, P.O. Box 271, Port Townsend, WA 98368-0271, www.cc.press.org | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SOCIOLOGY OF TOYOTAS AND JADE CHRYSANTHEMUMS by HAYDEN CARRUTH THE WAR THAT ISN'T WHAT YOU THINK by JAMES GALVIN THE LIFE SO SHORT by EAMON GRENNAN JONES'S PRIVATE ARGYMENT by SIDNEY LANIER THE GOLDEN WEDDING OF STERLING AND SARAH LANIER by SIDNEY LANIER THE MAN WITH THE HOE OUTWITTED by EDWIN MARKHAM |