And it feels so good
This physical labor
Work gloves and boots
Cool mountain air in the pines
Not circling errant commas
Or deciphering awkward sentences
The lengths of wood, bark up
Find their place, bark down
They nestle with their neighbors
And as I stand back and view
The rising wall
I say, “yes.”
Born in Indiana, raised in Connecticut, colleged in Maine, mastered in Washington, David C. Reynolds now teaches high school English in Colorado at the independent Fountain Valley School. Things that give him joy are his daughters, cross country skiing, Frisbees, philately, garlic, and backpacking.