Something in Common

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Standing                                                                        
(or floating)
by the river calm                                                        
with his son                                      
and his daughter              
their close space
edged by
a grainy darkness

they are pulling white paper
with graphite
words             
on a scroll
smooth              
as affection
                                          from the pool

fed
by    evaporation
                                                 or longing

bordered                                       
by hot orange
crepe paper

Egairia is drawn                                               
up from the
                                                   wisps

lying on the parchment
like a fish
          or a phrase

sharing something like
a sense of
                              water
a thin
                               leaf

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