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HOMESTEAD DISPERSAL

THOMAS FARR

Paint-lorn gatepost,
       trellis,
fence;

windsock flutters
at a touch
       of breeze;
       starshine sings
its subfusc
song.     Speak, old
ghosts, wherever
you may be. Come

straggling
       through fields
and over
stiles--
ford the grass-
less pastures
wild time

has gnawed.

With rusted scythes
and secateurs, open
the veins
      of the past;

gather, you souls
at the edge. Gather
your joys
and dreads
       and scatter them
like stones--
so heavy, so cold--
over the furrows
of memory,
the ever-
            burning effigy
            of the child
hang-
        ing
                      from his tree.


Thomas Farr is a British writer of fiction and poetry. He enjoys travelling, running, cycling, reading and writing, although he doesn’t enjoy writing author bios. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in Livina Press, Tales to Terrify, Aôthen Magazine, the Jupiter Review and elsewhere. He tweets @tfarrpoetry.


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