Testaments to the Boom Times to Come — Sawdust

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See, that’s what the app is perfect for.

Sounds perfect Wahhhh, I don’t wanna
sashayed

Sawdust

sashayed

Why not lindendust,
  hackberry, hemlock,
live oak, maple, why
  name the remains
after the blade, not
  what it cut—

only now do I see
  that the air is full
of small sharp stars
  pinwheeling through
every living thing
  that gets in their way.

Sharon Bryan
2009

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