The river runs deep if it is allowed to flow freely

and the clutter and wreckage of the abandoned shopping trolley

covered in slime, the mess of one generation passed down

to another in shrink wrapped, tightly wrapped, always trapped;

is removed and placed far out of sight.

The free flowing river, the conscious of independent thought

should not be stunted, diverted and allowed to stagnate in some form

of pruning cultivation, the flower should be allowed to grow

and take over the muddy ground that lays along the bank,