This last couple of weeks I have mellowed with my judging, I will accept artistic licence as I did last week, this pick again has a made up word, albeit hyphenated. Yet weighing this against all nominated poems this week, this still tops the list for me. It is not a great week for nominated poems. If you take away those that were there from the week before it is fairly bare. There are a few that I am surprised were nominated, but this is what makes this poetry site what it is. We all have our own tastes and preferences.
I loved the darkness of this write and the imagery. I loved the line
'Thirst is larger than the river'
That last line rings in my ears also. Overall a very well written piece that I enjoyed. 10 points