Boyhood

(Earthday Sequence)

an'ya

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into dark woods

following my father

follow his father

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sign of the cross

then three shots of rakija*

for the sharp cold

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facing east

the elder raises his axe

to an oak

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our caps removed

that first chip of hardwood

falls at my feet

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songs at dawn

headed toward home

carrying the Yule

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*brandy

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