a man who is chopping wood for winter
can bring more energy to winter
than the fragile sun

a man who is chopping wood for winter
has got powerful, precise hands
and the way he enters things startles, amazes me

while the stark winter is soon coming
a man who is chopping wood for winter is calmer, more focused
than the winter on his shoulders

— in the instant when the axe comes down
he can do more
to stop us writing

i raised my head to see him straighten up in the courtyard
walk around and turn to leave
— he can spend more than the winter