\u2014 vry spring
\nBill & Johnny Runbythecrick \u2014
\nhaving looked at the greying snow for some weeks
\nthen the lifeless & dead hay that lay under it
\nsince they missed the last haying when the fall rain fell \u2014
\nwake up and discover
\nthe winter boulder crop
\nis ready to harvest.<\/p>\n
Reliable as hell
\nthe boulder crop
\n\u2014 vry spring
\nthere she is
\na bounty
\nof boulders
\nthrust up by frost
\nthat suggests
\ntough gnarled old hands
\nlaboring deep in the earth
\nto toss up
\nbare
\nthese skulls
\nthese ice age ground round
\nball-bearings of glaciation.<\/p>\n
Good for walls \u2019tween fields
\nLast forever
\nthose rocks
\ntestament to Glengarry history
\ngreat grandfather Johnny Downbythewell
\npicked rock, and his father before him.<\/p>\n
Yessir.<\/p>\n
Heritage.<\/p>\n
\u2014 vry spring
\nsoon as you could get horses inta field
\nyep
\nwagon
\npull a good load
\ngood team a heavy haulers
\nSee \u2019at big bastard over near th\u2019 south wall?
\nJimmyJohnny Over\u2019tCrick brought that out
\nseventy-some-odd
\nhell no
\neight-four year
\ndon\u2019t see \u2019at kinda haulin\u2019 with no tractor
\n\u2019fraida bustin\u2019 an axel<\/p>\n
Horse now
\nhorse\u2019ll give ye good day\u2019s work ona handful a oats
\noats
\ngood fer ye
\nkeep yer pecker up
\nheh.<\/p>\n
Billy Johnny
\nquit lollygagging\u2019
\nthere\u2019s rocks to pick.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u2014 vry spring Bill & Johnny Runbythecrick \u2014 having looked at the greying snow for some weeks then the lifeless & dead hay that lay under it since they missed the last haying when the fall rain fell \u2014 wake … Continue reading