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Splitting Firewood by Christine Hemp
SPLITTING
Today I split
after lunch
A lean clean
in my struggle
the story
you.
showed me
of the axe
a brand
to burn.
dividing
grows. Or how
a worm
leaves you
worms.
but more
moreFIREWOOD some wood
chunk, thunk.
break
to revise
of leaving
The wood
how every blow
makes
new piece
Like cells
when the embryo
cutting
in half
with two
Not less
heat,
life.
--Christine Hemp
from the Maine Times
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