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Saturday, October 20, 2007

The Hunter's Wife

Cords of wind erase his fits
of movement from the hills.
The hunter is untied,
like a careless knot.
Her purchases of bread and cheese
await his scrubbed, pocked
lead-weight fists.

The milk-jug - empty.
The paper-wrapped fish -
hastily thrown to the dogs.

She will not bother to oil or
wrap his axe in rags.

Let it rust,
let it rust.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

You write very well.