Every summer someone is
swept away from a
pool in a bend of the
Yuba River above the Bridegeport Bridge,
where the river grinds stone into sand
and the sand can
suddenly slip away.
Eventually the EMT's from Yuba City
haul away the corpse in their
all-purpose
hearse and ambulance
and there are worse
ways to die than drowning in the
Yuba River above the Bridgeport Bridge,
where the river runs fast and cold and clear.
