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How to throw bricks

Patrick T. Reardon

Pavement cave-in
around North Avenue manhole,
two blocks from the el.

Brick chimney to the deep sewer, half chaos-ed.

Small pit,
earth here, damaged brick wall there.
Mason climbs down with mortar bucket.

Sewer Department summer laborer,
son of friend of legislator,
throws bricks.

“Hey!”

Not like that.

Two bricks
pressed together with laborer’s two hands,
pressed together with hands, firm and soft.

Swung down in languid, forward movement.

Press-together holds.

Mason catches them with his two hands,
pressing them still together,
soft and firm.

Stacks them.

 

An earlier version of this poem appeared in the Pump Don’t Work blog.



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