A Gentle Landing

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the ugly river

the ugly river

on the poem we needed

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Sep 06, 2023
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Hello gentlepeople,

Yesterday I wrote a poem about a river.

It is also a poem about myself, reacting to the ugliness I saw in that river. I let myself get close to it, closer than I ever have on my w…

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