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  • Writer's pictureMatt Smythe

TIME ON THE WATER

Updated: Jul 10, 2020

mornings like this remind me that there is more


the world goes on and on forever around the next bend


the next draw or downed tree it’s own universe alive and unsolved


there is no possibility like this to stand for a moment or longer


cast after cast an admission how small a space my breath occupies


the sun follows its own arc behind the clouds deliberate as my line now taut in the current


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