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Duna

The river flows clear or muddy

you know the river flows cold

or warm or

The river cuts across countries

or it springs locally and

ambles through every city or

The river is shallow enough to wade or

deep enough to drown in, the bed

scattered with bombed-out bridges or

The iron was hauled back up on land

you know the river ribbons

the countryside or you know

The river slices through the city, one bank

heaved up like a tidal wave, one bank

spread out like a flood plain or

You knew the river’s name

before or you

didn’t know the river at all.