Danube
sitting on a Black Forest bench
spitting in currents of antisemitic yearnings
the unsung Byzantine
Middle World of Islam rising
emptying Eurocentricity
Erie Canal
underground railroad to Seneca Falls
submerged under Van Cleef Lake
Empire State of lost factories
through to the Hudson Lower Eastside
Sandy sewer Sheepshead Bay
Colorado
once wild like Powell
one-armed portage explorer
down the twisted great unknown
through the Grand Canyon
to thirsty Californians
Han-Xi
awaiting a downgraded typhoon
to quench a sixty-seven year drought
insure that she never runs dry
wet with tears of compassion
see-saw atop volcanic Taiwan mountains
4-6-15
