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I'm a two-hearted river. 

One mouth to the ocean.

The ocean cowers to the moon 

and nothing else

Curling restless shapes 

for sympathy 

I'm just as tortured as you

a show for the dwellers

of the shore and sky

Sea spray settles on their lips and the tiny hairs on their cheekbones

and the thirst for saltwater rouses

them to the water

I'm dominant and I will inhale you. 

I'm a two-hearted river

once mouth to the lake 

The lake lets the bass float easy,

lapping against the silt

only when the wind upsets its lull

a heron lands and sits for an hour 

or more.

the gracious calm coaxes gratitude, 

long visits and the knowing of a thousand years.
I scream to the sky unspeakable things
And quench my throat with saltwater.