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# Vicksburg Bridge
- URL: https://www.smoothpebbles.org/vicksburg-bridge/
- Published: 2025-08-31T04:57:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-04T04:58:03.000Z
- Author: Richard Flanders

The river moves like a slow hymn,  
Carrying the weight of silt and sorrow,  
Its banks hold the footprints of those  
Who fled, who fought, who loved in shadow.

\~James Wright