Adrienne Rich - Study of History lyrics
[Adrienne Rich - Study of History lyrics]
Out there the mind of the river
As it might be you
Repetitive shapes passing
Dull foam crusting the margin
Barges sunk below the water-line with silence
The scow, drudging on
Lying in the dark, to think of you
And your harsh traffic
Gulls pecking your rubbish natural historians
Mourning your lost purity pleasure cruisers
Witlessly careening you
But this after all
Is the narrows and after
All we have never entirely
Known what was done to you upstream
What powers trepanned
Which of your channels diverted
What rockface leaned to stare
In your upturned defenseless
Face
As it might be you
Repetitive shapes passing
Dull foam crusting the margin
Barges sunk below the water-line with silence
The scow, drudging on
Lying in the dark, to think of you
And your harsh traffic
Gulls pecking your rubbish natural historians
Mourning your lost purity pleasure cruisers
Witlessly careening you
But this after all
Is the narrows and after
All we have never entirely
Known what was done to you upstream
What powers trepanned
Which of your channels diverted
What rockface leaned to stare
In your upturned defenseless
Face
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