rankin house

augusta

last night

old milford

saving time

otr

new holland hay, 1987

crickets and cicadas chirp under the trees,

a bucket sits  

leather gloves & a hickory handled hammer wrapped in black tape

rest inside.

john deere tractors, still warm to the touch

the moist smell of fresh cut hay is all around.

behind me, across the lane

inside the old clapboard house

a family of farmers move across the linoleum floor, around the formica table

sit to bowls of steaming mashed potatoes, green beans, 

fried chicken, plates of white bread

and pitchers of sweet tea.

chasing light