Hard Wood
by Jody Gladding
Ash
say ash a fire laid
with three logs
because a fire must have
something to aspire to
third log on top to catch
this silence
the fire needs to burn
the fire needs to burn
up
sometime I’m just split wood
sometimes I’m what’s caught
a quiet thing
trying to say
ash
again
ash
burned into a split log
7 x 15½ x 3 inches