The Wind begun
to knead the
Grass –
As Women do a
Dough –
He flung a
Hand full at the
Plain –
A Hand full at
the Sky –
The Leaves unhooked

 

 ¦

 

themselves from Trees –

And started all
abroad –
The Dust did
scoop itself like
Hands –
And throw away
the Road –
The Wagons quick–
ened on the Street –
The Thunders gossiped
low –

 

 ¦

 

The Lightning showed
a Yellow Head –
And then a livid
Toe –
The Birds put up
the Bars to Nests –
The Cattle flung
to Barns –
Then came one
drop of Giant Rain –
And then, as if
the Hands

 

 ¦

 

That held the
Dams – had parted
hold –
The Waters Wrecked
the Sky –
But overlooked
my Father’s House –
Just Quartering
a Tree –

 

        Emily –