RIVER

Near Yanjia Lane

runs Magpie Bridge Lane

Beside Magpie Bridge Lane

runs the river

The river

bears itself

all the way

from the upstream town

to the downstream

In a small shop by the riverbank

a Tang dynasty horse

painted on a folding fan

One soft wave

and its hooves

clip-clip along the green-stoned street

beside the river

trotting

from the upstream town

clear to the downstream

and away