yellow wood to bare
someone there before her
painted
every wooden thing
yellow
when it was hers
all hers
she began the stripping
to bare
the kind of work
on knees
that left her fingers
dried, cracked
the stubborn uncovering
of grain
the bringing back
to light
with sandpaper and stain
to polish
gently and daily
just hers
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