You find a way
through the plumbing
carve coal out of steam
cut a trench by osmosis
knock on wood
dig in your heels
every once in a while
you make sounds
like a locksmith
it's not easy to stay
use household words
take out the trash
but I'd like to sew
buttons on
someday
Tess Kincaid
September, 2011
reading: the inimitable R.A.D. Stainforth, Black Dogs
photo: abandoned farm, Dublin, Ohio
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