11.Black water isn't sexy.

12.Black water isn't sexy.(That goes to the heart of it.)

13.Black water isn't sexy. That's the difference between water and this other water; one is sexy and the other isn't.

14.Black water isn't sexy.(When I'm looking at it I often wish I was looking at something else.)

15.Black water isn't sexy.(I've had frequent malodorous encounters around it.)

16.Black water isn't sexy.(Sometimes I'm not even sure of what it is I'm looking at.)

17.Black water isn't sexy.(But isn't it common to find dark things sexy?)

18.Black water is only the idea of water.

19.Black water is only the idea of water.(I'm not talking about fantasies or dreams.)

20.The Thames is dry.(Even in the rain the water looks matted and dull.)

21.When it rains, fly-like specks mass briefly on the surface of the river. Each raindrop is pin-sized bit of darkness, A dot seeming to flit and disappear.

22.A man yet to be identified was found in the river last week. The body was lying in a fetal position on the foreshore of Upper Pool. His ankles ware bound, and the rope was attached to his waist.

23.There are so many bridges over the Thames--it's a virtual forest. It's not like any other river that way. And they're all so invitingly scaled and full of character. They're not exactly the Hoover Dam, but who can relate the Hoover Dam?--I mean, Personally speaking? When you approach the Hoover or any other five-hundred-thousand-ton mass of concrete, there's nothing but distance between you and it. Even when you're standing on it the dam's still a distant view. And forget about the Colorado River, I mean where is it? Way the hell down there.(Seven hundred and twenty-six feet down there.)you wouldn't even know there was a river if it wasn't a dam.

24.There are so many bridges over the Thames--it's a virtual forest. It's not like any other river that way. And they're all so invitingly scaled and full of character. When I walk across the river, the bridge is an extension of the water--bringing me closer to it, into a more private and solitary experience of water. I know I'm not really closer, but it feels that way.

25.There are so many bridges over the Thames--it's a virtual forest. It's not like any other river that way. And they're all so invitingly scaled and full of character. They seem to include me somehow. And when I'm on one of them the river itself seems so invitingly scaled and full of character. Whenever I approach the river I hear it saying,"Hello there. Come on in."Or,"Welcome."