The Cherokee said that Nolichuckey
Means "dangerous waters."
Broad expanse of muddled depth,
Obscuring what lies beneath,
What is inherently yours,
And what have you claimed as your own -
Things that don't belong to you -
Monstrous fish, snapping turtles, lost boats, foraged bones...
What would we find if you were dry?
An alien landscape - both shallow and deep
With cliffs and craters like the landscape of a desert -
Unexplored, unknown -
As unfamiliar as your treacherous bed of shifting sand.
You lie, deceptively serene.
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