spade

from infra-mince by ditchburn

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Its all in the shovels,
The hands and the effort.

The chording
Of the tapered snow shovel,
Asking for work in the winter idleness.

The close combat in the spade of the miner.

The specific upright gravity of the long handle low-lift.
See the navigator, or coolie.

Hot curled edges of the vinery furnace shovel.

The water world of the Dutch pattern turf shovel.

Peppered blade of the square-bottomed
Drain shovel.

Rand diamond shovel,
Digger of dreams, of black death.
Its head cut sharp like the spade on the card

And finally,
The ‘Special shovel for a university trip to Madagascar’,
To dig out its heart.

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from infra-mince, released June 1, 2003

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