East River

Lola RidgeAngry

Dour river Jaded with monotony of lights Diving off mast heads.... Lights mad with creating in a river... turning its sullen back... Heave up, river... Vomit back into the darkness your spawn of light.... The night will gut what you give her.

Lola Ridge

Mood:: Angry
Topics:: night, river, light, resentment

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The East River comes across as exhausted and resentful, sick of the endless artificial lights that city and ships throw onto its surface. The lights seem almost frantic—“mad with creating”—but the river turns its back, refusing to shimmer for them.

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