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I Gave you Everything New: The New Wood, The New Shovel, The New Tractor
by M. C. Brown → (All Poetry by M. C. Brown)
  
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How could you let the cold come in on us when you knew there were holes in the floor's foundation
you had the hammer
you had the nails
you had the new wood

How could you let the storm rip off our roof when you knew there rotten and worn out boards and beams and shingles
you had the hammer
you had the nails
you had the new wood

How could you let the snow pile up at our door when you knew there was only one way out
you had the coat
you had the gloves
you had the new shovel

How could you let the weeds grow so tall around us when you knew there were snakes slithering about
you had the sling blade
you had the diesel
you had the new tractor

How could you just stand by
and let us die
tell me why
why
why

Everything you needed the most was new like a new pair of shoes
no one had ever walked in them before
no one had ever tried them on
all tethered
all firm
unblemished

___from Songs of a Journey's End: A Poet's Companion to Laying Within the Mark

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 Reviews of "I Gave you Everything New: The New Wood, The New Shovel, The New Tractor "
Reviewed by Elizabeth Taylor (Reader)
Reviewed on April 20, 2003
Some folks have no appreciation for what they have...some are so needy they want more, more, more...some just don't give a damn...value nothing.

A very insightful work. Bravo.

Reviewed by Ted Sheridan (Reader)
Reviewed on April 20, 2003
This sounds very much like that of my wife's words. "How could you?"


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