Ben Paynter - arduous

five thousand
two hundred
thirty seven steps
to the edge of the
river cliff

a long way up
and a longer way
down

and all the boats
look like pale leaves
in a stagnant stream

and on and on
and all the world
begs for
one
more
step

Ben Paynter

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