Nail, dowel, screw <br />Glue, paper, tool <br />With these do I prepare <br />Arms flowing along grain <br />Smooth brought from rough <br />By hand and machine <br />Removing upstart fibers <br />Polished into lined conformity <br />Fingers feeling texture <br />Seeking out flaw <br />Sanding away discord <br />Leaving only perfection <br />Behind grits travel <br />Sweat and labor <br />Applied to bits of corpse <br />Dead tree's splintered bones <br />Transformed into beauty. <br /> -STD '05<br /><br />Stephen De Marino<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/wood-worker/
