Does the axe love the wood beneath? Perhaps
the orbit of that shining blade is fixed
by affections of an iron heart inside,
again again again the heave and grunt
and sudden slap of iron striking home,
in search of someone’s woody, hidden heart.
But wait. Perhaps the tool loves only to
perform? What then? Are we to disregard
the feelings of a simple lump of oak?
What if the axe seeks only to attract
a simple heart and leave it, split in two
and fit for only fire and smoke? What then?
(been writing a lot of poetry lately, all of it bad. this one was the only one i've been able to post – partly out of modesty and partly due to connection issues. and has anyone noticed that covblogs just started supporting a spell check feature? or was it the new version of firefox for mac? so far, i've, covblogs, and firefox are not words. fiddlesticks.)
Posted by nickles at January 16, 2007 12:37 PM | TrackBackand does the axe operate independently? are there other tools involved? and who's doing the swinging? oh, the ponderable questions...
Posted by: sarah j. at January 16, 2007 12:56 PMIt's firefox that doesn't know how to spell its own self...not covblogs.
Posted by: funke at January 16, 2007 01:54 PMa-HA! NOW we're getting somewhere...
Posted by: passer-by at January 16, 2007 05:25 PMThat's because it's Firefox.
Posted by: at January 18, 2007 10:37 PMthat's ok. my macbook thinks macbook isn't a word.
besides, if we're not using anything that has self-doubt, i'm going to have to take myself out of commission. not to mention most of my friends.
Posted by: blob at January 19, 2007 06:48 AM