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| currents | |
| the currents flow | |
| different directions, | |
| layers embracing, | |
| sliding, gliding | |
| above one another, | |
| beneath, streams deflecting | |
| bloodwarm, | |
| bonechilling, | |
| melting | |
| into each other's embrace, | |
| rebounding, the layers | |
| separating, | |
| again merging. | |
| the different depths | |
| have their colors | |
| the shining top turquoise | |
| sinking beneath the sun, | |
| leaving bright green for | |
| deepening blue hues, | |
| a descent, twilight gray | |
| into black: | |
| in the dark let your skin | |
| feel the silt's scouring | |
| before the approaching wall | |
| of the cold bottom current... | |
| © Jon Bohrn (1999) | |
