| A natural gathering place ,also a place
of dispensation, of changed fortunes--once parched, now quenched,
once dry & empty, now full and moist--the fountain was birthed
by desire, spun out of swirling dust. Wishing you well, She calls
from the bottom as the copper tinkles to rest .
Think of the day dreams as water bearers
would draw up the water--a long awaited drink, a luxurious bath,
a life saving salvo.
The fountain, the well
in the middle of the roundabout, is centered because of the centering
qualities of water itself, of travel to the well itself.
Like a magnet, water pulls
us into motion, while we envision drawing out our trajectories,
making elegant swoops and curves towards our destinations, oblivious
to the centering properties of H2O, instead gratified by the aesthetics
of spraying, spouting, or gushing water sculptures.
Travel, usually considered
a disjuncture, a tearing away, becomes an elegant U-turn which,
rather than return you to your original path, spills you out onto
a new course, equally as worn and tried as your previous, but newly
sensuous in its shift askance.
the mermaid glances over
her shoulder...
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