bowed
raze he sweeps the hand saw
across a plywood plank
no longer than the limb
that holds it, eyes cast
down, his face the melancholy
mask of a mother rocking
a child that will not
slide into sleep, and
the sound he coaxes from
this instrument bereft
of strings is the music
a heart makes when
sickness slows its swing
but cannot rob it
of its rhythm.
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