The Hollows

​One river that began in rivulets,
That ended in a cataract,
One aquifer that emerged into
A system of canals, pickabacked,

Blended, created a whole ecology
Trees whose leaves basked in the blazing
Sun. And a wind that came from
The horsehead nebula, dazing

And shivering among the dark, slick
Rocks, a wind in which the swallows
Turned, the caves crashed with sound,
And multiples of song filled the hollows.