Wednesday 5 September 2012

Tools





~Tools~


The workshop is quiet now.

Rust, dried blood and a smell that stings the eyes.

Metal corrodes slowly beneath stale fluid.

A patchwork of stains.

Concrete once only smelled of paint.


And now ...


Dust particles cloud the air;

Sackcloth discarded; torn to shreds.

Old blunt tools that have never tasted wood,

Or steel, or stone, or oil.

Rust, dried blood

And bone.

The workshop is quiet

For now...

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