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(Humming)
(Mmm )
The water doesn’t run straight
It never did
My grandmother washed our clothes in that bend
She beat them against a flat gray stone
The current carried the soap downstream—
then brought it back
Nothing leaves this river
It only learns to return
Round and round round and round
the big river doesn’t ask why
Round and round round and round
it just bends it just bends
My mother waited at the ferry dock
Seventeen A letter in her fist
The boat came late The boat came empty
So she married the waiting instead
Now she stands at the sink and hums
a song the water taught her
I drove all night to see where it goes
Past the mill past the church past the burned-down school
The road curved left The river curved right
They met again at the edge of town
I thought I was moving forward
I was only learning the shape of the loop
Round and round round and round
the big river doesn’t ask why
Round and round round and round
it just bends it just bends
At the mouth the fresh meets the salt
The river doesn’t end
It just changes its name
(round and round)
It just changes its name
(round and round)
Big rivers go round and round
Big rivers go round and round
And so do I
And so do I
