Lethe
Herb Kauderer
kneel at the banks
by the ford and peer
into the soft wrinkled
brown-green blanket
watch it undulate
in random patterns
calling
in a voice
that soaks up sound
birdcall & leaf
flame & wood
absorbed & reformed
into gently urging
lullaby
calling you
to sleep
first appeared in CWM late 1992
