Conjunction

 

Conjunction

 

In the corner near where

Highway 10 and 321 cross,

Beside the park the city

Of Newton built,

The Henry and Jacob Forks

Meet in a sandy-bottomed

Green pastured paradise

To form the South Fork

Of the Catawba River.

After every winding turn

You can think of,

After passing abandoned mills,

Farms and parks,

Some people say that

The Henry becomes

A part of the Jacob,

Others who believe

That the Henry somehow

Gets there first every day,

See it all the other way.