The River Gouges Out the Banks on Every Side

Sometimes, you listen to the other side
Arguing, whoever the other side

May be from your perspective, and you think,
Do they realize what they’re arguing

So vehemently for could do them harm?
But that begs another question. Do you,

Does anyone, do humans by and large
Know what’s good for them? Is it more naive

To assume that they do or that they don’t?
You don’t know, and you suspect no one knows,

But that doesn’t stop you from feeling sure
That the other side doesn’t know what’s good.

Meanwhile, the old ferry chugs back and forth
On its route, with or without passengers.