I wonder what river they came from.

RIVER ROCKS BY PETER GORDON 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 12

Captured in two-pound plastic bags

Piled on pallets, taller than a man

I wonder what river they came from—

Trout stream in Montana, perhaps

Where clear rushing water

Rocked them in their riverbed

Sun sparkled surface winking at

White-wreathed mountains ringing the valley

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