Reading Upriver

       thrice.
     in the same river
  For my part I can only hope to step
but only when the world is not turned on its head.
  I do not know.        Heraclitus is generally correct
  this new sea       swallows me whole
     Whether the river then runs dry or
      some brand new lake or upland sea.
                                           fill
                                             to
                                             way
                                           on their
                                  once more
                                this very spot
                               will pass
                             several days ago
                            to the south
                                 which passed
                                    the waters
                                    and then
                                         increase
                                               will
                                                 flow
                                                    of
                                                   the rate
                                                  I expect
                                                In coming days
                                                   nonetheless.
                                                       but north
                                                      imperceptibly
                                                          almost
                                                                slowly
                                                            now runs north
                                                                  that the river
                                                                      I can       see
                                                                    on the          eastern shore
                                                                  and as               I stand
                                                              has upset               the earth
                                                                   downriver      turmoil
                                                                            tremendous
                                                                                Now some
                                                                                     to the south.
                                                                                      used to run
                                                                                         river
                                                                                          This