Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Of master and craft (2012)



I am a barrel maker
       a craftsman,
                         a master of my art
smooth edges, no seams
                     no rough spots
and I use only the lightest of
woods                                  the
illusion of elegance.
There is a perfection in a piece that
                                seems effortless
as if the Gods had grown it,
as if the shadows and empty
spaces were the only thing
that knew it,
                     invisible, seamless,
           but not vacant.
   Invisible to all but
        the very patient
the canister swells in the
heat,
        growing full,
                             a mixture
of nourishment,
                        of missed opportunities
and not forgotten intimacies,
           of longing and nervousness
       grief, jealousy and enjoyment.
I am the master,
                                and the craft

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