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December 27, 2011
Digging for time
I see the shadow of a man in the distance
Fogged in grey black muffled light, part hidden by
The tree branches, part by a moonless night
It grows clear tall brown black grey figure
Wrapped in his task moving the earth
Digging a whole in deliberate sways
Digg, grab, hold, sway...throw away
Gathering soil and dust
In a pile...and again
I get close enough
To recognize the face
The forehead, the nose, the eye, the stubble covered face
The breath hurling from the nostrils ,decipating in dark
He recognizing my stand comes to halt
"digging for time....we have been at it for long"
he labors saying it loud.
Posted by Idinraha at December 27, 2011 10:29 PM