names like pouring rain
Wapama
Chilnualna
Bridalveil
Nevada
Ribbon
Vernal
your book of birds
you stayed up all night reading
wanting to see a cooper's hawk
a sharp-shinned hawk
a golden eagle
but you forgot to look
because Illilouette
was roaring like a lion.
without daring to
i'm daring you to look out over the edge but
holding your waist
i've had a talk with gravity
and we reached an understanding
the water falls
and you stay here with me.
Illilouette
your teeth on your tongue
the name that does not bear translation
not-still-water
and we
are-not-still.
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