American Falls

Visible waves in the waterfall.

White-edged plow blades,

hurled from a ledge in riverbed.

Explain the illusion that they ascend.

Imagine you could climb them,

the roaring wave-escalator. Not golden,

but bottle green, with suds.

Hear, in their plunge, series of percussive oratory.

With a ticket for the tour boat, you can stand awhile

at its foot.