Last week, the river disappeared
Three weeks after the flood
All that remained was the riverbed
(O muse of cobblestone streets)
Everywhere, evidence:
Crawling roots stiff in the wind
Efflorescing walls and
Dwindling flora
Snakeskin hanging from
Weighty limbs
The highest branches
Raced to their deaths
Grecian pillars
Leaning
Shrubs burning
With life
Boulders mark a haphazard path
To where?
Two ducks
Look confused