My neighbor has every tool you ever need for any job; they're kept in pristine condition. I've been in his garage. Its like a museum. The sander has a shelf, the skill saw and the drill, like dead bodies on the sidewalk outlined in chalk, hang plumb to the floor. The irony is I have never seen him use them, but, I know he does. I've heard them at night behind the closed garage door. He doesn't talk about his projects, but I hear the screams of the tools and the clammer of the hammer. It makes me wonder . . .
Power Tools
cool electrical power
silent panthers - waiting
to tear in to
to slice a part
to div ide from
honed glistening metal
transient makos - stalking
to dev our greedily
to con sume eagerly
to des troy completely
piercing metallic screams
dervishes in the night - wailing
a requiem of destruction
tear ing,
slic ing,
div iding,
devourin g,
consumi ng,
destroy ing,
only to create a new.
Power Tools
cool electrical power
silent panthers - waiting
to tear in to
to slice a part
to div ide from
honed glistening metal
transient makos - stalking
to dev our greedily
to con sume eagerly
to des troy completely
piercing metallic screams
dervishes in the night - wailing
a requiem of destruction
tear ing,
slic ing,
div iding,
devourin g,
consumi ng,
destroy ing,
only to create a new.
