Three River Suiseki Storypath

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Placing the Stones.

Placing light next to light.

Finding that moment

that had to be waited for

these millions of years,

wearing down, wearing away,

then waiting for me.

Hundreds of miles

of famous California rivers.

I get to three of them—

Smith, Klamath, Trinity,

and one found creek—Dry Scrabble

off the Smith—

I get a small patch of each

by hard, slow driving, and guess work,

then maybe get an hour on each

on different days.

Jim Bodeen

September, 2014