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THE EDGE OF THE RIVER by THOMAS MCGRATH

First Line: IT HAS BEEN A LONG JOURNEY
Last Line: Of the water
Subject(s): BOATS; RIVERS;
It has been a long journey.
And now, at the end of it,
Like a boat that broke free and drifted far down the river,
I come to rest on an unknown shore:
Half in, half out
Of the water.


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