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title: River - pass.exe
url: https://www.halimmadi.com/singulars/pass-exe/river-2
description: "River: one theme of pass.exe, two poems, one by the poet and one by the machine, unsigned. Read them and vote."
generated: 2026-11-06
---

# River

## river-2.txt

trained

theme · pass.exe

Training is closed. Vote counts are final.

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## vote.exe

2 poems · 10 votes

One poem is by a human, one is by a machine, and you are not told which. Pick the one you prefer, then submit your vote.

poem a

tuesday I paid Luis eleven dollars
to wash the salt off the car
and he pointed at the hudson
and said back home
the river gave us catfish this wide
here it gives you a view
then he wiped the mirror
with his sleeve
twice
and handed me the keys
warm

poem b

I know a place with two banks.
There is no money inside of them.
Their interest lies in greater wealth.
The type that need not be obtained and cannot be grasped
Nature’s ancient lifeblood whispers it’s reminder:

Exhale
This too shall pass.
There is nothing that does not change,
And nothing that is not beauty.

There is more currency in current than our little minds can currently fathom
In the presence of True Power,
Even willows can’t help but bow.

Vote on [the theme's page](https://www.halimmadi.com/singulars/pass-exe/river-2).