Making Hay

An Excerpt of
Making Hay
By Iowa poet Tom Montag

... put
one bale in place, underway &
my father
carries
back the second/ first
bale parallel
to the end
of the rack,
second
bale next to
it/ right side
of the rack & the third
placed into center/ right
angles to the end
& fourth
& fifth
parallel to
the end/ again. & we are
underway. movement sound & move-
ment jerking as we move
over sharp stubble &
clumps of dirt/ hay
dust fills
our eyes....

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