Three Foot Down

On any given day, of any given week, of any given year;

If you were to visit my father's house,

you could be certain to find

a freshly dug hole

in the dirt

 

Three Feet

By

Three Feet

And

Three Foot Down

 

Perhaps in the vegetable garden along the fence;

by the side of the house in the flower beds;

behind the garage by the chickens

or even in the hard-packed

driveway dirt

 

Three Feet

By

Three Feet

And

Three Foot Down

 

You can be certain that each and every hole,

from week to week, was identical

The corners were square

The floor was level

The walls true

 

Three Feet

By

Three Feet

And

Three Foot Down

 

My brothers and I started up blisters and calluses,

ended up learning discipline and the value

of work, and of sweat, and of pride

three feet by three feet and

Three Foot Down 

 

 

 

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