Weeds, Roots, and Fish Also Twist

The reason thoughts can seem
Wiser than the writers
Whose meager lives shaped them

Has to do with language
Being stronger, faster
Than any one body

Language passes over.
It’s the language that’s wise
Or foolish depending

On how each thought disrupts
The waves, diverting them.
Look at the whole river

To see what makes oxbows
Or whitewater rapids
Where rocks lie in the way.