THE FABULOUS
The soughing of the waters
of the river is like the keening
of a mother for her child.
It will never end
until time itself is no more,
and the light disappears
from some distant shore.
Until then, Marianne
wields her garden rake
with something like fury,
as if that will happen tomorrow.
No crowd gathers to watch,
and no man offers assistance,
or can take a moment
from the course of his day,
to marvel at her persistence,
or to wonder, as at a body
risen from its grave,
or as a rake digs its furrow,
or the earth bears no seed,
at the cause of this unspoken sorrow.
George Freek’s poetry has recently appeared in The Ottawa Arts Review, Acumen, The Lake, The Whimsical Poet, Triggerfish and Torrid Literature.
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