Almanac by Smith Austin

Author:Smith, Austin
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2013-08-11T16:00:00+00:00

THE PIT

There is a pit in those woods

no one understands, too deep

for leaf- or snowfall to fill,

too far in the forest for trash.

I hear deer bed down there,

that hunters have seen sleep-

shapes in leaves or snow

and known they’ll have no luck.

Generations grow up and make

myths, hunker low, squint

along crooked branches,

shout BANG and POW. Older,

a boy brings a girl there, lays

a blanket down. She says no.

Not knowing what else to say,

he talks of owls.

The boys become their fathers,

promise one day they’ll take

a day off, drive up and fill

that goddamn pit in. But the day

comes when their only spade

is a playing card and they

know when they die the pit

will still be there.

They start making their peace with it.

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