a crooked knobbed
sturdy brown stick
in my 6-year-old hand
a caveman’s tool
i stab the jagged edge
into the ground
all else falls away
as we become one
the stick
my hand
the earth
the worms and ants
underneath
©A. D. Joyce, 2016
a crooked knobbed
sturdy brown stick
in my 6-year-old hand
a caveman’s tool
i stab the jagged edge
into the ground
all else falls away
as we become one
the stick
my hand
the earth
the worms and ants
underneath
©A. D. Joyce, 2016
A. D. Joyce 