A funeral for a river

A funeral for a river

Take that gold watch band around your moneyed hand

You have the watch, but we have the time

Take your power over the land, your final stand

You have the land, but we are the ones who know it

Take your fame, self immolating flame, crush the 

ember in your palm

Read a Psalm or a Surah, the river won’t hurt you,

take all day, friend

You have the wind, but we have the sky

You too have an end, as hard as you try

It’s not so scary to die, they say

You have the money, but we have the way

Birds of a feather in the darkness of day

Singing forgotten songs of moonlight’s decay

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