by David B. McCoy
Piled five feet in front of me,
our annual order of firewood.
Until dusk, when too dark to see,
I will shuttle load after load
of wood down the hill and stack into
neatly packed, self-standing rows.
Over the winter, the long rows of wood
will slowly dwindle and reveal once
again rectangular patches of dirt.
When thinking of you, the reverse is true:
Instead of shrinking, your womb will slowly
grow larger and larger until
one day the child suddenly arrives.
David B. McCoy is a Social Studies teacher in a township school near Massillon, Ohio. For nearly 25 years, David has run Spare Change Press, which in recent years has focused on publishing poetry chapbooks. David is the author of The Geometry of Blue
; the Internet book, Buffalo Time; Ohio Wineries Guidebook, and Voices From Behind the Mask. Purchasing information for these books can be found at www.mccoy.shorturl.com.
