Three cranes glide over the river
the line of flags hang limp in the rain.
The weight of sodden
pageantry; was it calculated in the casting?
Can it be borne?
Does anyone imagine the
weight of their life
when it is soaked?
How heavy it is.
Every motion is laden with grief
accumulated weights.
The density of water is 0.99802 g/ml.
What a pull when it saturates;filling every space.
The next day the flags flutter northward,
the cranes roosting.
