In the beginning there was rain over the formless earth and it became a flood. There was then an ocean to be crossed, even though all rivers lead to you.
In sleep or on the page, the river is more than a river. See how the tide swells the banks?
But the poet awakens, the dream becomes deadened and the spell lifts; the river is just a river and nothing more. There is still an ocean to be crossed.
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