Personification of a Simple Saw (Repost from #31)

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Open Poetry #32

Personification of a Simple Saw (Repost from #31)

Sadelite
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since 2003-10-11

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0 posted 2004-04-15 11:06 PM

I am but a simple saw
Blinded by my cuts
I chew the wood with gnarled teeth
Small ruts behind, I leave.

My father always razzed me
That a blind man could see
If he took his saw and saw.

With that I opened decorative wooden eye
And in deep concentration thought.
Then dropped my handle jaw

I moved 50/50 forth and back
With all the energy
a simple saw could muster.

Still blinded, I jigged on jags,
Hit grains small snags,
Then tried to use more muscle.
(It was of no use; I moved no further through the wood.)

                                  A kindly secret slid across my blade
                              And whispered in open ear,
                         “To see with saw, one must please
                        the particular way each saw is made!
                    Vision is not always 50/50, Dear.
             Nor are your teeth chiseled straight up and down,
          But angled just for a one-way bite!
        Exert yourself only in movement outward,
Rest from inward fight.”


Taking the advise as a grain of truth,
I exerted myself as an extrovert,
Pushed outward with all my might.


                                                  I felt  the sawdust warming me.
                                                  Once  blinded,  I took my saw and saw.
                                                 “Understand,”  the secret said,  “Life’s not always 50/50.
                                                                             ”

iliana
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since 2003-12-05

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1 posted 2004-04-15 11:40 PM

Nice to read it again, Sadie!

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

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2 posted 2004-04-16 03:12 AM

yep...good to read again

Ratleader

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since 2003-01-23

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3 posted 2004-04-20 12:55 PM

Oh do I ever know this..... and so do you, it seems. Alas for both of us, and hallelujah!

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Sadelite
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since 2003-10-11

Posts 2519

4 posted 2004-04-20 06:59 AM

Ratleader,
It is soooo good to hear from you again! I had wondered if we'd hear from you soon. I noticed a post this a.m., but probably will have to catch it later as I've got to leave for work soon. I suppose you're right about 50/50. Im glad you caught this one. I think it is one of my favorites (of mine).
~Sadie~

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