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There is a river around
Me of love, a writing of fire
A slab of jade on my back
A testament to the love
Of what we do, not why we do it
It’s like God working through
Us, or a snowstorm in August
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Or the circular days finding
A year of extraordinary fantasy
That’s art, and that’s also life
Relationships, mutual influences
The energy behind a book
The process of alphabets
Converting on a brain
Unifying incoherent symbols
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A language of creation
How birds and stars can meet
And how creatures evolve
There is a river of sound
It’s the narrative of all stories
Of the very act of story-telling
It’s the inheritance of millions
Of years of effort, to grow
And to understand truly
What it means to be human
And now, it’s all changing.