Columbia River
       

the smell of the body

here at the river it disgusts

us or we can't talk past it

sweat and blood like so many simple fish. . .

the elephants go crazy in zoos
and believe me

we feel like them

the world is what you can see while breathing

I appreciate your not showering

words for how that feels

ripe like something buried and growing

Copyright © 2010 David Dodd Lee All rights reserved
from The Nervous Filaments
Four Way Books
Reprinted by Verse Daily® with permission