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Ritual

by Ian Whiteley

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Ritual

 

It is a grey morning

I am awake early

The backdoor is open

And cool air enters the kitchen

My father is on his knees

Scrubbing a wire brush

On the fire grate

Newspapers on the floor

He takes a rag

And pours black lead

Onto the stiffened fibres

Then he smears it

Onto the scrubbed surfaces

He balls up the newspaper

And throws it on the hearth

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Saturday 30th May 2020 2:34 pm

NaPoWriMo2018   day 30   off topic   hearth   fire   lighting fire   morning   litchen   ritual

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