Downstream

was there and then the other
second he was gone. He was
strong and fit and he had
gone to help people in
trouble. There are some
frustrations with us; people
think we’re faceless
bureaucrats, but Steve lives
and breathes the river, as his
father did. We love the river,
too, but a body is found once
a week. We help recover
them, we meet the families,
we are in a different place