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I open up the faucet. Water squirts out of the hose
Gurgle, gurgle, splitter, splatter on the lizards and the toads
The mulch rolls like it's boiling. River sound in miniature 
Every day I think about it, but I never can be sure...

He said, "Help." A lonely cry for his existence
He said, "Help." The campground echoed his resistance
And as I see him in the distance I respond at his insistence

He said, "Help," as he flowed down with the water
Not a scream, just that word and not much louder
Just a statement, not a shout. He held his chin up like an otter

He said, "Help," as the swelling waters lift him
He said, "Help," the sand beneath his feet was shifting
Lost his footing so he's drifting. 
Will the hands of time constrict him?
He said, "Help."

I got sunflowers and tomatoes, caster beans and summer squash
I got roses piled with coffee grounds but this summer is a wash
There's lightning and the thunder sparking ‘cross the dusty plane
Though I love the distant fireworks, what I really need is rain

He said, "Help." Not like he was dying
He said, "Help." And it was me that he was eyeing
Our time had come, there's no denying. Like a puppy's gentle crying. 

He said, "Help." I knew I was rushing into trouble
He said, "Help." I knew the drowning could be double
That I must avoid a struggle with the boy that broke the bubble

He said, "Help." Oh, why can't I forget it?
He said, "Help." But to forget is not permitted 
We can't stop once we've committed. I'm confused and I admit it.
He said, "Help."

We were meant to meet that day, bobbing in the current
You can't hold destiny at bay when you're stripped of all deterrents
And the memory will replay, yes, the river scene recurrent

He said, "Help." People standing there just talking
On the shore, just drinking beer and gawking
Smoking cigarettes and laughing, all, the fun that they were having

He said, "Help," as he felt the river's power
He said, "Help, help me delay my final hour."
Though unspoken, I could sense it. You can buy, but no one rents it.

He said, "Help." He was someone's little brother
He said, "Help," and somewhere he had a mother
And where’s this child’s father as I splash across the water

He said, "Help." I said, "Son, don't stop trying.
He was silent as I shoved him toward the shore line
All the people standing there. 
I said, "Do something. Don't just stare." 
I said, "Help!" 

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