©2022 Michael Raven
two pennies for
the toll
this old
man, he go
floating
riverwise
voices calling
back from the
ages singing
hey nonny
hey
slipping past eddies
twisting
a break
of dry rot
driftwood
stacking cords
of him
until
he
burn
©2022 Michael Raven
two pennies for
the toll
this old
man, he go
floating
riverwise
voices calling
back from the
ages singing
hey nonny
hey
slipping past eddies
twisting
a break
of dry rot
driftwood
stacking cords
of him
until
he
burn