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table of contents
  1. Cover
  2. Dedication
  3. Acknowledgements
  4. Preface
  5. Epigraph
  6. Gifts of a River
  7. Dreams of a City
  8. Copyright

A Chinese translation of the poem that follows alongside a closeup photo of mushrooms growing amidst the fallen rotting leaves and undergrowth.

nothing sinks

so slowly as the ground

into itself

when gardens into

the womb of earth

return to die

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