Voice in a river

A voice travels
in a river
scattered, unshattered
at times
pitchers of flashbacks
picked up from the floor
to the clouds

An estuary's
geometric discords
suspending hands over
blank scores

Choirs recast from
exotic swimmers among
graded flavors

Eroding sand piles conducting
water in crisis
to a deeper embrace
humming unfamiliar notes

In a deafening discourse
a voice returns
or not returns
to an absorbing silence
persisting in vain.

- 10/5/2019, Palo Alto