A picture inside, this showing a jumbled pile

Haphazardly scattered after being formed from a tree so long ago

Some warped and curved

Some cupped with sway

Some straight and true

A few darker in color showing the Sun’s age

Even a couple looking new and fresh, fresh as the day they were made

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(insert random shadows of merging black, white; prisms colors in night and day)

(((((-))))))

When dry the soil they rest upon is firm, when wet they feel mud

for years

they lay

.

.

t\.

./then, when a decision is made they come together.

Measured and cut, drilled, bolted, nailed, trimmed, sanded, painted or stained

and then…

A bridge remains

or

a home

maybe even a chair or table…

<<<<>>>>

People use, abuse, respect, accept, or cast away

(all with personal attentions, will, and choice)

the work of a carpenter using what comes

from the Life of a Tree.