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The Blacksmith

Anne B. Scheerer

Soot and sweat bathed brow
Muscle corded arms flexing with every blow
Molecules of hot metal assail your nose
Move in with every breath
Til your mouth tastes of iron.
Why do you do it?
Eyes red-rimmed with grime and fatigue
Not so many horses to shoe today
Licensed farriers care for them
You twist and pound bits of metal
Into shapes of fish and bells,
Into sconces, trammels, and trellises
Hours of heating, banging, inspecting,
Forming and reforming
A little oil and polish for display
The craft fair visitors pause, admire,
Continue on their way
Or stop to purchase and pay
Calloused blackened fingers count out the change
Thanks given with a broad grin
The rhythm begins again.



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