Endings

Endings

Sweat beads upon flush skin

bale wagon wobbles across the hay field

trying to devour hay upon the trays

slowly sways upon uneven ground

Rattles of old chains and sprockets

whirring and spinning in sync with PTO RPM

gray smoke leaks from beneath frame

as 45 years shows upon IH red

Another season draws to a close

when last cutting is stacked and tarped

mountains of hay waits

for winter's fierceness to be revealed

Poem 19-248B

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