watching_the_river_flow maruku memories of the sacramento river delta. my best friend from middle school had a house up there, right on an island in the middle of the river. rope swings, speed boats, hottubing naked with his beautiful older sister. staying up in the cityless darkness watching stars or rented movies. green summer grass. river mud, swimming diving off of the dock. playing ball with the dog, tossing the bright green sphere out as far as possible into the water upstream, the dog being able to work with the current and not have to fight it. soaking wet dog plowing up out of the water and shaking itself dry before you could get away, your nice warm towel instantly drenched. teasing the neighbor kid, inciting him to make a fool of himself, all on tape recorder. going out in the boat over to the little town upriver to buy firecrackers and pretty looking knives. my friend sunbathing, perfect tanned body... and my short pudgy one. watching the river flowing, time go by. disappear. 000627 ... birdmad the winter rains in torrents the desolate riverbed barren and dry giving way to the silt laden deluge which would carve it's way out 'til it rejoined it sister the Colorado and ran to the Sea of Cortez and i could not help but be in awe of it as it cut the city in two 000627 ... silentbob some park river man made and all that fallacy. thinking about what little i had accomplished in my 15 years and oh what big plans i had. How was i going to make them work? 000627 ... daxle if I could lose myself would I reach enlightenment? 000628 ... little fury bug like an aqueous transmission ...it makes me wanna pee. 020618 ... Dafremen It's flowing all around you and you are flowing with it. You are part of the stream, try as you might to make more of yourself than this. You are water that has found itself in the middle of the stream and wishes to be more than more of the water that is around it. A shame to, the water is so warm and comforting...the river's embrace is so familiar. 020618 what's it to you? who go blather from