Kelly DuMar, Brook Abstract, 2024 (Artist Website, Instagram, X, Bluesky)
Digital image courtesy of the artist
Watch them grow there, beside the sewer line
where the river water grays and flows,
where pastel houses wind and climb.
Watch them grow there. Beside the sewer line,
a sliver of liver will make silver carp shine
into the river, the rind, the brine of time.
Watch them grow there, beside the sewer line
where river water grays and flows.