Iron Oxide

Iron Oxide
Child war bride
Hands of labor
Work from all sides.

View encompass
Wide and wondrous.
Dig and toil.
Mountain soil

Holy rain
Tight back strain
Grasping, gasping
Worn hands clasping.

Claw the earth.
Lay the seed.
Churn with spittle
All you knead.

Through the surface,
Hopeful prayer.
Hopeful purpose
Scents the air.

Lavoro
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Con la conga
Sulla testa,
O non si mangia
Per la festa.
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Scarf headed
Bundled apron
Il vestito 
In finestra.

Abruzzi sun
In your eyes
Warms the strife
In your sighs.

The valley will never
Hear your cries.



5/8/22