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This poem is in 12 tiny parts.

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And it's called, "Water Wheel."

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It's really a poem
about marriage again.

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"Water Wheel."

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"1.

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Afraid of sleep the child asks
for one more drink of water.

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2.

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You hold my face
between your two hands

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as steadily as if I were
a cup about to spill.

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3.

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Remember this morning
how the ocean's edge

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unraveled at our feet, tangling
us in its accidental lace?

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4.

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You said we know what
water is, although we never

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swim in other oceans.

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5.

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Sometimes I dream of
sitting in a waterfall,

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of letting it churn like white
fur over my naked shoulders.

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6.

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It was fidelity you
meant, the stillness

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at the center of the whirlpool.

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7.

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The waves are taking
our island inch

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by inch, an army that
will overrun us soon.

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8.

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You want a life as simple
as a cup of rain, 9.

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but see how my reflection
wavers even in this glass.

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10.

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I think you throw cold water in
my face to wash temptation out.

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11.

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The waterfalls of
sleep tumble over us.

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12.

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I ask for one more
icy sip of water".

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