Monday, July 9, 2007

Acarpous

Worn, well-used (adj)

Roberto farmed his family's land for 65 years
and his father farmed it for 62 years before that
and his father's father farmed it for 70 years before that
etc.

And each man in Roberto's family took a wife
and Roberto's wife had 10 children
and Roberto's mother had 7 children
and Roberto's father's father's wife had 15 children
etc.

And some nights, Roberto's wife
and his father's wife
and his father's father's wife
have tea parties in the fields
because they feel like they belong there
fated, acarpous, farmed,
etc.

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