YOUR RIVER, MY RIVER

I have a riddle; here is a riddle for you to crack. One River has outgrown itself and customized into two different species–Your River and My River. If Your River is called Iteru; what is My River? 

By Tearz Ayuen

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Your river is perpetual,

It’s older than time itself

Mine is a passer-by,

It’s a passing wind

Your river is long

Mine is tall

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Yours has no oculi but it sees

Mine has a pair but it sees not

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Your river flows

Mine walks

Yours is filled with colorless liquid

Mine with reddish liquid

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Your river ripples

Mine squelches

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Your river kills

Mine too

Yours drowns

Mine executes

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Your river is home to crocodiles, Chironex fleckeri

Mine shelters unintelligence, ignorance and thievery

Generous is your river,

A million lives depend on it

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So selfish is mine,

It cares for selected few

Your river is called Iteru

Mine is called………..?

Tearz Ayuen ©2012

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